Line #21 VideoGame/BigSkyTrooper


1	[[quoteright:252:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Big_Sky_Trooper_Coverart_5074.png]]
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3	-> ''"If there's anything I HATE... ...and WILL NOT TOLERATE... ...It's BONES and ADVERTISING!"''
4	-->-- '''Slug Leader'''
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6	A 1995 sci-fi ActionRPG developed by Creator/LucasArts for the Platform/SuperNintendo in which you play as a kid who instantly gets promoted to a 21-star general in the Siderian Space Army. He or she must battle the evil Space Slug army led by the Sultan of Slime, who has declared war on humanity.
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8	This game is set in a top-down perspective, and uses the same MediaNotes/GameEngine as ''VideoGame/ZombiesAteMyNeighbors''. You fly on the E.S.S. Dire Wolf -- which is run by the dog-like Flexible Interactive Digital Omnicomputer, or FIDO -- and you must complete various missions while killing off slugs on the planets. When you arrive on a new planet, you fight off aerial slugs ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}''-style, and you then must fight the slugs on the surface before you can go to the next. Along the way, you can acquire new weapons, ship upgrades to access new galaxies, and items. One of these is the ability to set up fast food stations (slugs hate advertising, and fast food is a form of it), which guarantees you that the slugs will never return to that planet again.
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11	!!This game provides examples of:
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13	* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Boy, is there a lot of it in the dialogue.
14	* BoldInflation: IMPORTANT words are written in ALL-CAPS.
15	* CapitalismIsBad: Hilariously inverted. The power of flashy advertising and kitschy businesses is what helps you fight the slugs and eventually beat the Slug Leader.
16	* EternalEngine: The Quantum Machines are this combined with EldritchLocation.
17	* FifteenPuzzle: The inventory menu features one of these that lets you mix and match the modules to access your combat suit powers. Once you get them, of course.
18	* FrictionlessIce: It is entirely possible to get stuck in a permanent loop of bouncing on one planet; after about three minutes, your ship's A.I. declares that it must pull you out and teleports you back to the ship.
19	* FunWithAcronyms: FIDO, as well as the sanitation robot FIFI (Free-Floating Interstellar Flotsam Investigator).
20	* GuideDangIt: Frequent, since while the game will tell you what planet you need to go to, it otherwise gives you ''no'' hints as to how to actually progress.
21	* HonestJohnsDealership: Black Market Max, Bargain Bob, and Demolition Dan are all shady businessmen in appearance and behavior. Though are otherwise oddly helpful.
22	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Captain Slack is a very gruff guy who is all the more rude given him hiring you gets him demoted, however he is still a decent guy who helps you even after it got him into trouble.
23	* LogoJoke: The Slug leader and a lackey descend on the Creator/LucasArts "Gold Man" logo, discuss how it has bones and appears to be an ad, then destroy it - as the Slug leader declares, the two things he hates are bones and advertising.
24	* ProBonoBarter: Between the salesman, though a lot of the items you receive in exchange are useful.
25	* ShoutOut: Two nearby planets are called [[WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle Peabody and Sherman]]. A couple of others are named [[KlaatuBaradaNikto Klaatu, Barada, and Nicto]].
26	* SoProudOfYou: At the very end it is made clear all the allies you made are proud of your accomplishments. [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Even Captain Slack.]]
27	* StaticRoleExchangeableCharacter: At the beginning you pick your character from a guy and girl, the one you don't pick is a high ranking trooper who becomes your guide and mentor.
28	* [[WraparoundBackground Wraparound Levels:]] Justified as the levels with wraparound are round planets.

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