History YMMV / PokerNightAtTheInventory

** Later, in [[VideoGame/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...

* GatewaySeries: Many fans of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' who hadn't played a Telltale game ended up picking up ''Sam & Max'' or SBCG4AP as a result.

-->'''Heavy Weapons Guy:''' I can fire Sasha for twelve seconds with this bet.
** An odd claim, as the bets of all five players don't add up to 400,000 dollars. Not even close.
*** Which becomes [[FridgeBrilliance recursively funny]] when you realize that, in Team Fortress 2 proper, Sasha's firing speed was heavily nerfed from 10,000 RPM, and it only costs $48,000 to fire her for 12 seconds (the achievement server actually keeps track of this).

* 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), and who is explicitly identified several times as a man. [[VideoGame/{{Half-Life}} It is that hard of a stretch?]]

** In ''Poker Night'', Strong Bad claims the next "Snake Boxer" game will have snakes with fists. Fast-forward to ''TheAquabatsSuperShow'', where Matt Chapman (Strong Bad's VA, and a writer for the show), plays Carl, a blatant {{Expy}} of Strong Bad who keeps a giant cobra man with arms as a sideshow attraction.

* TheScrappy: Tycho is this, big time. Even the ''Penny Arcade'' fans hated him in this game. However, he is very well-liked amongst the female players though, especially with that sexy voice of his.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Instead of the Iron Curtain, Heavy was supposed to have a huge gold gun. Valve hated it. This would have also counted under AscendedMeme when the [[http://ranger.gamebanana.com/img/ss/srends/69843a.jpg Golden Machine Gun]] is taken into consideration.

* GatewaySeries: Many fans of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' who hadn't played a Telltale game ended up picking up ''Sam & Max'' as a result.

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

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

* 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), and who is explicitly identified several times as a man. [[VideoGame/{{Half-Life}} It is that hard of a stretch?]]

* TheScrappy: Tycho is this, big time. Even the ''Penny Arcade'' fans hated him in this game. However, he is very well-liked amongst the female players though, especially with that sexy voice of his.
** Strong Bad to some players, mostly those who are unfamiliar with WebAnimation/HomestarRunner or just can't stand Strong Bad's obnoxious attitude.

* 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?]]

[[folder:Poker Night At The Inventory]]
* 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?]]

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[[folder:Poker Night 2]]
* CrackShip: One of the PS3 unlockable skins seems to hint Claptrap has a crush on GLaDOS. He's where Chell was when GLaDOS awoke in the sequel, offering her a rose.
* HilariousInHindsight: In ''Poker Night 1'', Max recalled a story about Flint Paper beating up Artie Flopshark (deceased) because he was a teaching a "made-up" game called Omaha and "scamming" people. Guess what's an actual alternative to Texas Hold Em' for ''Poker Night 2''?
** In the first game, Strong Bad asks Max if he's a "[[{{Anime/Pokemon}} Poke-mon]]". The sequel features two characters who happen to be named Ash and Brock.
* TaintedByThePreview: "Oh, sweet! Brock and Ash in the same game! Creator/PatrickWarburton and Creator/BruceCampbell will be slinging mud at each other!-- Wait, what do you mean [[https://twitter.com/GroovyBruce/status/318912587511259137 Bruce isn't voicing Ash here]]?"
** The lack of ''HomestarRunner'' characters hasn't been met with much warmth from the fanbase desperate for a sign that the site ain't dead.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To Telltale Texas Hold 'Em.
** Also, arguably, to Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit.

* TaintedByThePreview: "Oh, sweet! Brock and Ash in the same game! Creator/PatrickWarburton and BruceCampbell will be slinging mud at each other!--- Wait, what do you mean[[https://twitter.com/GroovyBruce/status/318912587511259137 Bruce isn't voicing Ash here]]...?"

* TaintedByThePreview: "Oh, sweet! Brock and Ash in the same game! Creator/PatrickWarburton and BruceCampbell will be slinging mud at each other!--- oh great, [[TheScrappy/VideoGames Claptrap]]'s there too and [[https://twitter.com/GroovyBruce/status/318912587511259137 Bruce isn't voicing Ash here]]..."

* CrossesTheLineTwice: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrAQT5oLJ1w Heavy's Engineer Story.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: In Poker Night 1, Max recalled a story about Flint Paper beating up Artie Flopshark (deceased) because he was a teaching a "made-up" game called Omaha and "scamming" people. Guess what's an actual alternative to Texas Hold Em' for Poker Night 2?
* TaintedByThePreview: "Oh, sweet! Brock and Ash in the same game! Creator/PatrickWarburton and BruceCampbell will be slinging mud at each other!--- oh great, [[TheScrappy/VideoGames Claptrap]]'s there too... And don't tell me that's the PoorMansSubstitute of Bruce in the trailer..."
** The lack of HomestarRunner characters hasn't been met with much warmth from the fanbase desperate for a sign that the site aint dead.

* * CrackShip: One of the PS3 unlockable skins seems to hint Claptrap has a crush on GLaDOS. He's where Chell was when GLaDOS awoke in the sequel, offering her a rose.

* TaintedByThePreview: "Oh, sweet! Brock and Ash in the same game! Creator/PatrickWarburton and BruceCampbell will be slinging mud at each other!--- oh great, [[TheScrappy/VideoGames Claptrap]]'s there too..."
** Also, BruceCampbell will not actually be voicing Ash, by the sound of things.

* GatewaySeries: Many fans of VideoGame/TeamFortress2 who hadn't played a Telltale game ended up picking up Sam & Max as a result.
** Many people who hadn't heard of ''Webcomic/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)

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

--> Tycho: So this [[TheMedic Doctor]]...he a friend of yours?

** In Poker Night, Strong Bad claims the next "Snake Boxer" game will have snakes with fists. Fast-forward to TheAquabatsSuperShow, where Matt Chapman (Strong Bad's VA, and a writer for the show), plays a character who is a blatant {{Expy}} of Strong Bad, who keeps a giant cobra man with arms as a sideshow attraction.

* TaintedByThePreview: "Oh, sweet! Brock and Ash in the same game! Creator/PatrickWarburton and BruceCampbell will be slinging mud at each other!--- oh great, [[TheScrappy Claptrap]]'s there too..."

** Later, in [[VideoGame/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...
* 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. Coincidentally, Heavy and Ralph later got together in the PC version of ''[[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed]]''.

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