History YMMV / SpaceQuest

* {{Squick}}: In ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestVI'', how does Roger escape Stellar's body? Why, no other than by flashing his ship's headlight through a large zit on her nose, which then gets popped so that Roger shoots out in a dollop of pus.

** [[DeathFromAbove The hanging pod]] which grabs Roger and eats him if he gets too close becomes this regarding the [[VideoGame/HalfLife Barnacle]].

** After playing through the games, there's an even darker variant of the second theory. Roger is far from the sharpest knife in the drawer, but [[AllTheOtherReindeer he is surrounded by a universe that seems to care more for appearances than realities, and is horrified by the ''very notion'' that a mop jockey can save their butts.]] At least once per game, [[WhatYouAreInTheDark he could have said "Screw it, not my problem" and no one would have thought any different of him - or even considered it a preferable action to heroics.]] In the first game, he had a ship and could have gone anywhere. He knew damn well the Sariens had a lot of ways to make him die painfully - he still went after them to destroy the Star Generator. In the third game, he had a ship and a few hundred buckaziods - he didn't have to go rescue the Two Guys. In Space Quest 4, he had a freaking time machine. Why go back to the CrapsackWorld of Space Quest 12 which was even worse than the Sarien ship? Space Quest 5 had Star Con perfectly willing to blow off Beatrice's reports of illegal dumping of toxic sludge and look the other way because their golden boy Quirk was the "hero type" they wanted. It may have been a total fluke that put Roger in the captain's chair of the Eureka, but he managed to win the loyalty of the surly crew (risking his life for theirs more than once), accomplish his missions, blow the lid off the conspiracy, and save the Confederation from the pukoid monster. In the last game, he's busted back down to Janitor. Part of the charges against him were "consorting with a female of higher rank," which is nasty on a couple fronts - no one was bitching when Quirk was trying to force himself on her, and Bea is perfectly capable of making her own choices as to a partner! [[KangarooCourt The admiral that was presiding over the alleged tribunal turned out to be allied with Sharpei later.]] Speaking of Sharpei, Star Con was all too willing to write off Stellar's highly suspicious alleged death because the [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections wealthy and well-connected Sharpei was considered beyond suspicion or reproach.]] Worse, no one believed Roger when he tried to tell them something was wrong. Yet, he couldn't let that injustice lie, no matter how badly Star Con wanted it to do so. [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished Given how many times he stepped up, only to get kicked in the teeth, insulted, and hurt ''every time,'' who can blame the guy for being unmotivated]] or believing he's worth less than the stuff he mops off the floor?

* SpiritualLicensee: ''Film/GalaxyQuest' is more or less a movie adaptation of the game right down to the satirical tone, premise and even the similar sounding titles.

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* EarWorm:
** The theme tune, which crops up in at least a dozen variants throughout the series.
** The Skate-O-Rama theme ''will'' drive you mad haunting your brain. It's the perfect combination of catchy, repetitive, and really annoying.