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* CatharsisFactor: Punching out the people who make you go ''all around Volcania'' collecting sand dollars, sea shells, and starfish is entirely optional. But damned if you won't do it anyway...
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* TakeThatScrappy: The fans who disliked Brandon for being such a generic protagonist, especially in comparison to Zanthia and Malcolm, were most pleased with how much abuse he took in ''Malcom's Revenge''.
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* TakeThatScrappy: TakeThatScrappy:
** The fans who disliked Brandon for being such a generic protagonist, especially in comparison to Zanthia and Malcolm, were most pleased with how much abuse he took in ''Malcom'sRevenge''.Revenge''.
** The people on Volcania who make Zanthia pay a bunch of Sand Dollars, Star Fish, and Seashells for pointless information and wasting your time. After you finally get what you need from them, it's very tempting for Zanthia to interact with them where she just punches them, pokes them, or knocks them out.
** The fans who disliked Brandon for being such a generic protagonist, especially in comparison to Zanthia and Malcolm, were most pleased with how much abuse he took in ''Malcom's
** The people on Volcania who make Zanthia pay a bunch of Sand Dollars, Star Fish, and Seashells for pointless information and wasting your time. After you finally get what you need from them, it's very tempting for Zanthia to interact with them where she just punches them, pokes them, or knocks them out.
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** Volcania in ''The Hand of Fate'' where you have to pick up loads of repetitive items, run around the island until they respawn, and then get told to pay more. What's more, you can't pay in bulk so you are constantly told "You only lack ''x'' items."
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* HarsherInHindsight: The photo album shows that Queen Katherine bears an uncanny resemblance to [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor Princess Diana]], right down to her being a commoner who married a royal and then died under tragic, suspicious circumstances. A few years later, Princess Diana also died under tragic circumstances. Creepy...
* HilariousInHindsight: The King and Queen are named William and Katherine. 20 years later, Britain would have a royal couple named William and Catherine.
* HilariousInHindsight: The King and Queen are named William and Katherine. 20 years later, Britain would have a royal couple named William and Catherine.
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Karma Houdini is not YMMV. Moving it to the main Video Game page.
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Malcolm takes over the land of Kyrandia in an attempt to become its merciless overlord, causing wanton terror and destruction. He turns several people into stone, left in a AndIMustScream situation. He tries to murder Brandon countless times, leaves mortal traps everywhere. Come the third installment, and now, the only thing that needs to be proven wrong are the allegations he murdered William and Katherine. While technically, nobody ended up dead after all after his rampage was stopped, he ''still'' committed many serious crimes and was unrepentant. While he gets some humiliation from Herman's arrests, he only has to do some fairly easy community work before being simply asked to just leave Kyrandia without supervision. And after saving Kyrandia from the pirates, he is straight-up asked to become King of Kyrandia!]]
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* NightmareFuel: The Shadowland Labyrinth maze in ''Fables & Fiends''. Also [[spoiler:the {{brainwashed|AndCrazy}} Herman]] in Castle Kyrandia, complete with green skin, {{red eyes|TakeWarning}} and SlasherSmile. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8JgHGaiKDM For extra fun]] (skip to around 5:35)...
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* NightmareFuel: NightmareFuel:
** The Shadowland Labyrinth maze in ''Fables & Fiends''. Also [[spoiler:the {{brainwashed|AndCrazy}} Herman]] in Castle Kyrandia, complete with green skin, {{red eyes|TakeWarning}} and SlasherSmile. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8JgHGaiKDM For extra fun]] (skip to around 5:35)...
** The Shadowland Labyrinth maze in ''Fables & Fiends''. Also [[spoiler:the {{brainwashed|AndCrazy}} Herman]] in Castle Kyrandia, complete with green skin, {{red eyes|TakeWarning}} and SlasherSmile. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8JgHGaiKDM For extra fun]] (skip to around 5:35)...
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'''[[spoiler: Herman]]''': But I sharpened it, just for you...you..
** Malcolm getting killed by the Enchanted Knife in ''Malcolm's Revenge''. It is so graphic that, before picking up the knife, you get a full-screen ominous red warning screen that gives you the option to skip the overly-violent part and just have Malcolm die off-screen. If not, you get the extended scene of Malcolm desperately trying to avoid the flying knife that keeps plunging at him, until he grabs it... and ends up stabbing himself repeatedly, and ending up dead in a pool of his own blood.
** Malcolm getting killed by the Enchanted Knife in ''Malcolm's Revenge''. It is so graphic that, before picking up the knife, you get a full-screen ominous red warning screen that gives you the option to skip the overly-violent part and just have Malcolm die off-screen. If not, you get the extended scene of Malcolm desperately trying to avoid the flying knife that keeps plunging at him, until he grabs it... and ends up stabbing himself repeatedly, and ending up dead in a pool of his own blood.
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Malcolm takes over the land of Kyrandia in an attempt to become its merciless overlord, causing wanton terror and destruction. He turns several people into stone, left in a AndIMustScream situation. He tries to murder Brandon countless times, leaves mortal traps everywhere. Come the third installment, and now, the only thing that needs to be proven wrong are the allegations he murdered William and Katherine. While technically, nobody ended up dead after all after his rampage was stopped, he ''still'' committed many serious crimes and was unrepentant. While he gets some humiliation from Herman's arrests, he only has to do some fairly easy community work before being simply asked to just leave Kyrandia without supervision. And after saving Kyrandia from the pirates, he is straight-up asked to become King of Kyrandia!]]
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** Detractors of “Tower of Hanoi” puzzles tend not to be fond of ''The Hand of Fate’s'' ending.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Joe Kucan (Kane from ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'') as Brandon.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Joe Kucan Creator/JosephDKucan (Kane from ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'') as Brandon.
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* BadassDecay: Happens to Malcolm in the third game. He loses all of his magical powers. While he was a psychopath in the first game, he is reduced here to a mischievous guy who wants revenge and [[spoiler:wants to clear his name from the death of Brandon's parents. Yeah, as if it were the only bad things he did in the first place...]]
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* BadassDecay: Happens to Malcolm in the third game. He loses all of his magical powers. powers due to no longer having control over the Kyragem. While he was clearly a psychopath in the first game, he is reduced here to a mischievous guy who wants revenge and [[spoiler:wants to clear his name from the death of Brandon's parents. Yeah, as As if it those were the only bad things he did in the first place...]]
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* UnderusedGameMechanic:
** Book I’s amulet. Despite being established early on as an important artifact of great power (which it is), Brandon only uses each gem a few times throughout the whole game.
** Book III’s jester’s staff. It’s sole power is to make people laugh, which mostly results in accumulating more “pointless points”. Only twice is it required to advance the story, but those particular moments can be skipped if alternate paths are chosen.
** Book I’s amulet. Despite being established early on as an important artifact of great power (which it is), Brandon only uses each gem a few times throughout the whole game.
** Book III’s jester’s staff. It’s sole power is to make people laugh, which mostly results in accumulating more “pointless points”. Only twice is it required to advance the story, but those particular moments can be skipped if alternate paths are chosen.
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* AdaptationDisplacement: Few today know that the first game was loosely based on a Major BBS text adventure.
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no longer YMMV; moving to main page
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* UnintentionallyUnwinnable: In ''Fables & Fiends'', you can burn Kallak's note in the temple incense burner before giving it to Brynn. This will only happen if the note is selected by your cursor and then clicked directly on the flames. Burning it after showing her to free up inventory space is fine, however. (Note that this is only possible in version 1.3 and later. Clicking the note on the flames in 1.0 has no effect.)
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* UnwinnableByInsanity: In ''Fables & Fiends'', you can burn Kallak's note in the temple incense burner before giving it to Brynn. This will only happen if the note is selected by your cursor and then clicked directly on the flames, which makes this go beyond UnwinnableByMistake. Burning it after showing her to free up inventory space is fine, however. (Note that this is only possible in version 1.3 and later. Clicking the note on the flames in 1.0 has no effect.)
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* UnwinnableByInsanity: UnintentionallyUnwinnable: In ''Fables & Fiends'', you can burn Kallak's note in the temple incense burner before giving it to Brynn. This will only happen if the note is selected by your cursor and then clicked directly on the flames, which makes this go beyond UnwinnableByMistake.flames. Burning it after showing her to free up inventory space is fine, however. (Note that this is only possible in version 1.3 and later. Clicking the note on the flames in 1.0 has no effect.)
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Objection. It is annoying trial-and-error, but it is not luck-based. The gems are always in the same spots and you can place the bones directly on the ground. There is zero randomness (unless you hand the bones directly to Duke, which is the worst way to do it).
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** The jungle maze in ''Malcolm's Revenge'' is just as hated for pretty much the same reasons. You'd think they'd have learned. At least you don't get automatically killed by snakes if you have a machete. You will, however, need to remove fleas once in a while. Let's not forget the part about the LuckBasedMission either, which involves finding bones and dropping them on the ground on one screen, hoping that makes Duke randomly dig up one of ''six'' all-important gems.
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** The jungle maze in ''Malcolm's Revenge'' is just as hated for pretty much the same reasons. You'd think they'd have learned. At least you don't get automatically killed by snakes if you have a machete. You will, however, need to remove fleas once in a while. Let's not forget the part about the LuckBasedMission either, which involves finding bones and dropping them on the ground on one screen, hoping that makes Duke randomly dig up one of ''six'' all-important gems.
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* ViewerGenderConfusion: Many players who played the original release without voice-acting couldn't tell that Brandywine was female.
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* ViewerGenderConfusion: Many players who played the original release without voice-acting couldn't tell that Brandywine (a dragon) was female.
