History YMMV / PokerNightAtTheInventory

** Reactions for the sequel are going as such: "Oh, sweet! Brock and Ash in the same game! PatrickWarburton and BruceCampbell will be slinging mud at each other!--- oh great, it's [[TheScrappy Claptrap]]..."

* HilariousInHindsight: The Disney film Disney/WreckItRalph seems to be an expansion of the "World between worlds where video game characters go when you're not playing them" idea- although the film's been in DevelopmentHell for so long that it's debatable who came up with the idea first.

Thanks to that, my new headcanon is that it's the Freeman's Mind Gordon Freeman.

* FoeYayShipping: Fangirls seem to interpret the rivalry between Strong Bad and Tycho as this. Search "Poker Night Inventory" on Fanfiction.net and you'll see.

** Many people who hadn't heard of ''PennyArcade'' (or at least hadn't read it) got into it thanks to this game. (Look up ''any'' Poker Night video on Website/YouTube, it's impossible to find a video that ''doesn't'' have a comment asking who Tycho is)

* HilariousInHindsight: The Disney film WreckItRalph seems to be an expansion of the "World between worlds where video game characters go when you're not playing them" idea- although the film's been in DevelopmentHell for so long that it's debatable who came up with the idea first.

** Strong Bad making fun of how much Sonic The Hedgehog sucks in front of Heavy, who later cameoed (along with Spy and Pyro) in SonicAndAllStarsRacing on the PC.

** Strong Bad to some players, mostly those who are unfamiliar with HomestarRunner or just can't stand Strong Bad's obnoxious attitude.

* Thanks to that, my new headcanon is that it's the Freeman's Mind Gordon Freeman.

** [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} Eh?]]
*** Can't be Chell. Characters refers to the player as a he.

* ShipSinking: "Sascha is my only love" and Telltale's view (as stated at the recent PAX panel) of Sascha and Natascha as Heavy's girlfriends, while the gun that the Iron Curtain replaced was supposed to be "the stripper he meets in Vegas". Ambiguous, considering a) the game's canon status is hazy, and b) he mentions [[TheMedic Doktor]] ''four times'' in the span of a short game.

* HilariousInHindsight: The upcoming Disney film WreckItRalph seems to be an expansion of the "World between worlds where video game characters go when you're not playing them" idea- although the film's been in DevelopmentHell for so long that it's debatable who came up with the idea first.

* NightmareFuel: Max is the source of two of these. First, his zombie exclamation of "Cheeeeeck!", and secondly, the "Max and Crossbones" table. (A hint for the latter one: ''The Devil's Playhouse'' Episode 1 {{cliffhanger}}.)

* TearJerker: Heavy Weapons Guy's sparrow story.
** Heavy's references to being sent to a work camp if he fails. HarsherInHindsight after ''Meet The Director'', which revealed he actually spent time in one as a child in 1941. He was only able to leave with his mother and sisters by killing all the guards and setting the place on fire.
** If you win the Iron Curtain in the middle of a game, Heavy murmurs "Goodbye, my love" and hugs her gently before leaving the table, dejected. Happily, you can give her back to him in VideoGame/TeamFortress2.

*** Can't be Chell. Max refers to the player as a he.

* DidNotDoTheResearch: Many players complained on the Steam forums about the wrong people apparently winning hands even though their cards were worse. This was blamed on a bug, but most of these cases were really the result of an unclear explanation of the concept of side pots and how they relate to who wins.\\
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This was fixed in a recent update. Now when side pots are present it goes over who wins each pot explicitly.

* AscendedMeme: Of sorts. Winslow gained a reputation of being a MemeticBadass and now he's the only character other than the main four to be voiced and the only ''MonkeyIsland'' character to appear.

* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch: People were complaining that it would suck just because it was a card game. But as you know, [[YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries card games are]] SeriousBusiness.

** Many people who hadn't heard of ''PennyArcade'' (or at least hadn't read it) got into it thanks to this game. (Look up ''any'' Poker Night video on YouTube, it's impossible to find a video that ''doesn't'' have a comment asking who Tycho is)

-->'''Max''': Next time I'll rethink my strategy of bitches. [[hottip:*:The actual line is "bet every time my bellybutton itches."]]

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: the premise of a crossover involving [[Webcomic/PennyArcade Tycho Brahe]], [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Bad]], [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Heavy]] and [[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Max]] is basically ''[[PanderingToTheBase asking]]'' [[InvokedTrope for this trope]].

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation / {{Fanon}}: You play as someone who never talks, in a First Person Perspective in a game with video game characters (Or ones related to video games). [[VideoGame/{{Half-Life}} It is that hard of a stretch?]]

* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch: People were complaining that it would suck just because it was a card game. But as you know, [[YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries card games are]] {{serious business}}.

** Also, arguably, to WhoFramedRogerRabbit.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: the premise of a crossover involving [[Webcomic/PennyArcade Tycho Brahe]], [[WebOriginal/HomestarRunner Strong Bad]], [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Heavy]] and [[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Max]] is basically ''[[PanderingToTheBase asking]]'' [[InvokedTrope for this trope]].

** Later, in [[TeamFortress2 Meet The Medic]], Medic refers to Heavy as ''his'' friend, with genuine fondness in his voice. In fact, a lot of Meet The Medic could potentially be a CallBack to Poker Night- Heavy's fondness for RussianHumor, birds...

Later, in [[TeamFortress2 Meet The Medic]], Medic refers to Heavy as ''his'' friend, with genuine fondness in his voice. In fact, a lot of Meet The Medic could potentially be a CallBack to Poker Night- Heavy's fondness for RussianHumor, birds...

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation / {{Fanon}}: You play as someone who never talks, in a First Person Perspective in a game with video game characters (Or ones related to video games). [[HalfLife It is that hard of a stretch?]]
** [[{{Portal}} Eh?]]
* AndTheFandomRejoiced: the premise of a crossover involving [[PennyArcade Tycho Brahe]], [[HomestarRunner Strong Bad]], [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Heavy]] and [[SamAndMax Max]] is basically ''[[PanderingToTheBase asking]]'' [[InvokedTrope for this trope]].

* HarsherInHindsight: When VideoGame/TeamFortress2 went Free-To-Play, Tycho claimed he hated the game. Well, there goes ever seeing a PennyArcade cameo in a sequel, unless he changes his mind...

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* AndTheFandomRejoiced: the premise of a crossover involving [[PennyArcade Tycho Brahe]], [[HomestarRunner Strong Bad]], [[TeamFortress2 The Heavy]] and [[SamAndMax Max]] is basically ''[[PanderingToTheBase asking]]'' [[InvokedTrope for this trope]].

* GatewaySeries: Many fans of TeamFortress2 who hadn't played a Telltale game ended up picking up Sam & Max as a result.
* HarsherInHindsight: When TeamFortress2 went Free-To-Play, Tycho claimed he hated the game. Well, there goes ever seeing a PennyArcade cameo in a sequel, unless he changes his mind...

** If you win the Iron Curtain in the middle of a game, Heavy murmurs "Goodbye, my love" and hugs her gently before leaving the table, dejected. Happily, you can give her back to him in TeamFortress2.