| 1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Poker_Night_2_9170.png]] |
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| 3 | [[RunningGag So,]] [[Franchise/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice an Irish Wolfhound detective and his insane lagomorph friend]], [[VideoGame/{{Borderlands}} a talkative Pandoran robot]], [[Franchise/EvilDead a zombie-fighting department store clerk]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros a former bodyguard with a license to kill]] walk into a bar with a table run by [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} an incredibly murderous and corrupt AI]]... |
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| 5 | ''Poker Night 2'' is the sequel to 2010's ''VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory'', only this time with the player up against [[VideoGame/{{Borderlands}} Claptrap]], [[Franchise/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam]], [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros Brock Samson]] and [[Franchise/EvilDead Ashley "Ash" Williams]] in Texas Hold'Em or Omaha, with [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLaDOS]] being the dealer. Returning from the previous game are [[VideoGame/MonkeyIsland Reginald Van Winslow]] (who is now simply hosting the game) and [[Franchise/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Max]] (who is now watching from a table and [[{{Troll}} mocking everyone else]]). The game was released on April 24, 2013 for [[Platform/XboxLive Xbox Live Arcade]], April 26, 2013 for Platform/Steam, and April 30, 2013 for Platform/{{PlayStation Network}}, with an [=iOS=] port released in May, but is no longer available online after the license expired. |
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| 8 | !!The game provides examples of: |
| 9 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: [=GLaDOS=] is not amused by Claptrap's flirtations, at first saying she's ambivalent but later saying he makes her nauseous. |
| 10 | * ActorAllusion: Ash sometimes wonder "What would Chuck Finley do?" while pondering his move. Ash is portrayed by Creator/BruceCampbell except in this game and the ''Evil Dead'' musical, and Chuck Finley is a GoToAlias and in-universe MemeticBadass alter ego of Sam Axe, Bruce Campbell's character in ''Series/BurnNotice''. |
| 11 | ** He also mocks the name "Sam Axe" in a conversation with Sam. |
| 12 | ** In general, Ash seems like a composite of Ash the fictional character and Creator/BruceCampbell the actor, aware of his other roles (besides ''Series/BurnNotice'', there's a nod to ''Series/TheAdventuresOfBriscoCountyJr'' when he mentions he wore a cowboy hat for a stint in the 90's, and says [[Film/BubbaHoTep you can't go wrong with The King]] when Claptrap envisions himself growing Elvis hair), knows who Creator/SamRaimi is, and acknowledges the fact that he's been in many crossover comics (''Comicbook/FreddyVsJasonVsAsh'' is alluded to in particular). On the other hand, he's quick to promote the wares at S-Mart, and treats the events of the ''Franchise/EvilDead'' series as if they really happened. He's also unaware of all of the merchandise relating to the franchise when the others start commenting on it, ranging from Brock's comment on the director's cut to Sam's own remark on the action figures. |
| 13 | * ActuallyPrettyFunny: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofs49fL6d5Y This.]] |
| 14 | -->'''[=GLaDOS=]:''' '''B[-ROCK-] S[-AMSON HAS BEEN ELIMINATED-].'''\ |
| 15 | '''Brock:''' This is a joke, right?\ |
| 16 | '''[=GLaDOS=]:''' '''I'[-M NOT VERY GOOD AT JOKES-]. B[-UT HERE'S ONE-]. W[-HAT'S YELLOW AND BLACK AND RED ALL OVER-]?'''\ |
| 17 | '''Brock:''' What?\ |
| 18 | '''[=GLaDOS=]:''' '''B[-ROCK-] S[-AMSON IF HE DOESN'T LEAVE THIS TABLE-].'''\ |
| 19 | ''({{Beat}})''\ |
| 20 | '''Brock:''' ...Heh, good one. |
| 21 | * AdaptationDisplacement: Sam thinks so about himself in-universe: |
| 22 | -->'''Claptrap:''' I just realized that the four of us represent the four pillars of geek media! Movies! Television! Comics! Video games!\ |
| 23 | '''Sam:''' I was in comics? How embarrassing. |
| 24 | * AIIsACrapshoot: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed often]] in regards to [=GLaDOS=], and less often in regards to Claptrap. [=GLaDOS=] is often quick with the snark whenever it's brought up, and amusingly [[WeirdnessCensor the characters are generally rather chill about it.]] Or, in Claptrap's case, [[InLoveWithYourCarnage rather turned on.]] |
| 25 | -->'''Brock:''' The way I hear it when [=GLaDOS=] was plugged in she went coo-coo-bananas and wiped out the scientists that created her.\ |
| 26 | '''Sam:''' [[LampshadeHanging You'd be amazed how many robots do that.]] |
| 27 | * AndTheAdventureContinues: When Sam is eliminated from the Sam & Max 25th Anniversary tournament, Max shows up in an elevator[[note]]the time machine from Season Two[[/note]] and tells Sam that he found a group of 16th century cradle robbers. ACTUAL cradle robbers. Binkies, pacifiers, the whole shebang! Then the two head off. |
| 28 | * AndYourRewardIsClothes: In addition to the ''Borderlands 2'' heads and skins, ''Team Fortress 2'' items, avatar awards, and XMB themes, you'll also unlock cosmetic items for your table themed around the characters. Using all three items for one character unlocks a special version of the Inventory where the chosen character is dressed differently (with the exception of [=GLaDOS=]), opponents eliminated occasionally meet a unique fate, a special scene plays out when the player wins a tournament and special conversations are unlocked. |
| 29 | ** The ''Venture Bros.'' inventory changes the Inventory to represent Venture Industries, places some of Rusty's inventions around the room, and puts Brock in more casual clothing. [=GLaDOS=] will personally toss eliminated players into Rusty's teleporter from the episode "Powerless in the Face of Death". |
| 30 | ** The ''Borderlands'' inventory changes the Inventory to look like Moxxi's bar in Sanctuary from ''Borderlands 2'', complete with ''Borderlands'' music. Claptrap is based off the unit at the Underdome Bank by getting dressed up in a spiffy "suit", hat, and mustache. Steve (heyooo!) also makes an appearance, firing rockets at eliminated players (except Sam; they actually get along pretty well). |
| 31 | ** The ''Evil Dead'' inventory changes the Inventory into a spooky forest, similar to where Ash met Evil Ash in ''Army of Darkness''. Ash gets Evil Ash's skull hat as a clothing change, there is no background music (only ambient noise) and eliminated players are sucked into the Necronomicon after Max says a variation on KlaatuBaradaNikto. |
| 32 | ** The ''Sam & Max'' inventory changes the Inventory to resemble Sam and Max's office, and dresses Sam up in a tuxedo and top hat and Max in a bow tie. Max will mess around with eliminated players (except Sam, obviously). |
| 33 | ** The ''Portal'' inventory changes the Inventory to resemble a test chamber. The ''Portal 2'' soundtrack mixes from the "Songs to Test By" release play as background music. As mentioned before, [=GLaDOS=] does not get a skin change, but Claptrap gets a skin to make him look like an Aperture Science turret. Eliminated players would have a portal open underfoot to send them away from the table. |
| 34 | * AntiFrustrationFeatures: The bounties received a noticeable nerf here. In the first game, receiving a character's item requires you to knock out that character. ''Anybody'' on the table can do this, so it can turn into a LuckBasedMission whether you manage to eliminate them before somebody else does. The sequel changes this so that you just have to win the tournament to get the bounty. |
| 35 | * {{Antimatter}}: |
| 36 | ** Max references it when doing his Jason Alexander impression. |
| 37 | --->'''Max:''' And hey, what is the deeeeal with antipasta? Does it blow up when it touches regular pasta? I mean, come on! |
| 38 | ** [=GLaDOS=] says that when an object passes through a portal, it gains an insignificant amount of fractal positronic antimatter. |
| 39 | --->'''Claptrap:''' Fractal-positronic antimatter!? I love that stuff! Rots the flesh off of skags in seconds, man!\ |
| 40 | '''[=GLaDOS=]:''' '''H[-E'S JOKING-]. I[-T ACTUALLY TAKES SEVERAL AGONIZING MINUTES-].''' |
| 41 | * AntiPoopSocking: After multiple consecutive losses, [=GLaDOS=] will sometimes say, ''"T[-HE-] P[-LAYER HAS BEEN ELIMINATED-]. A[-GAIN-]. P[-ERHAPS YOU SHOULD TAKE A BREAK-]."'' |
| 42 | * ArtEvolution: |
| 43 | ** Sam's appearance utilizes darker shading, slightly altered proportions, and you can see some slight fur details. [[http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showpost.php?p=783221&postcount=739 As stated in this forum post]], one of the wishlist items for developers was getting Sam as close as possible to his design in the ''Sam & Max'' comics. |
| 44 | ** Max also looks a bit different; his nose is much darker in this game compared to the original. |
| 45 | ** They even note in a conversation that they're glad someone [[LampshadeHanging touched up on their models.]] |
| 46 | * ArtificialBrilliance: Just like the previous game, each character has their own playstyle and patterns, consistent with their characterizations in their source material. |
| 47 | ** Ash has the tendency to make high bets on weak hands in hope that you fold. He'll usually be the one to go all in, and is often the first to lose because of it; like in the ''Franchise/EvilDead'' series, he's prone to getting in over his head and not knowing when to back down. On the other hand, his bravado makes it difficult to intimidate him into folding. |
| 48 | ** Sam plays cautiously, knowing when to fold. He admits he sometimes doesn't know what he's doing, though he's confident enough when he's got a good hand, so he'll bet often enough as well. |
| 49 | ** Claptrap barely has any ability to bluff at all (but being a non-humanoid robot without a face, this also makes him the hardest to tell against as well). Much like in the ''{{Videogame/Borderlands}}'' series, he talks big but scares easily. |
| 50 | ** Brock is the most aggressive player, actually having played Poker enough to know how to bluff and play the game properly, but has a couple of very subtle tells if your eyes are sharp enough. But a string of bad hands will frustrate him to the point of making incredibly bold plays that might bite him, but his manic expression and barely restrained rage ironically make it harder to tell if he's bluffing when he's pushed to his limit. |
| 51 | * ArtificialStupidity: If Sam gets a particularly good starting hand, there's a chance he'll go all in at the blinds, where it's impossible to tell if a hand is ''truly'' good or not, regardless of his chip count. While this would be a fitting move for, say, Ash or Brock, it's a very strange move for Sam. This indicates that he has a pretty strong hand and that it would be wise for the player to fold. |
| 52 | * AscendedExtra: Sam's gone from a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo to one of the poker players. |
| 53 | * AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: When someone goes all in (?), Sam will mention not seeing a [[{{Pun}} pot]] that big since the attack of the 50-foot sous chef. |
| 54 | * BitingTheHandHumor: Brock doesn't think too highly of Creator/CartoonNetwork execs, and Claptrap thinks similarly of Gearbox, although his actual thoughts are replaced by a coding subroutine in his programming that temporarily makes him praise them instead. Combine this trope with StealthInsult, and you get... |
| 55 | -->'''Brock:''' ''(Referring to Ash' mechanical hand)'' That's the thing with your '''Platform/{{steam}}'''punk neural interface: It's cool to look at, but [[PerpetualBeta it's buggy as hell]]. |
| 56 | * BlackComedy: Courtesy of [=GLaDOS=], of course. |
| 57 | -->[[AC:This tournament is giving me an overwhelming sense of deja vu. Oh, now I remember. It's just like that time my lab rats fought over a piece of cheese. The funny thing is, the rats didn't really NEED to eat the cheese, they were just conditioned to WANT the cheese by weeks of electrical stimulation. In the end they killed each other, and the cheese was eaten by one of the human test subjects. [[TooDumbToLive He died too, because the cheese was moldy]].]] |
| 58 | * BigNo: Claptrap, after losing with a strong hand, [[ChewingTheScenery wails in grief to the unfeeling high-angle camera]]. |
| 59 | * BlatantLies: Claptrap often claims he is immune to outrageous bluffing. He usually folds right after saying that. |
| 60 | * BossSubtitles: |
| 61 | ** The opening does this, listing it like this: |
| 62 | --->Player name\ |
| 63 | Source material |
| 64 | ** Steve gets a ''Borderlands''-style one when he appears to shoot at eliminated players. |
| 65 | * BreakingTheFourthWall: It happens a few times. |
| 66 | ** In one conversation, Claptrap asks Sam what's next for Telltale. Sam replies that he's just glad someone touched up the models of him and Max. |
| 67 | ** Claptrap also acknowledges Sam's been in comics. He responds, "How embarrassing," and Ash says it's not so bad (he's been in several crossover comics himself). |
| 68 | ** For his bounty prize, Claptrap puts up his Creator/SpikeTV VGA "Character of the Year" trophy. |
| 69 | ** If you're playing the demo version, [=GLaDOS=] will mention that the tournament reminds her of a joke, but won't tell it unless ''someone'' buys the full version of the game. Claptrap says something similar. |
| 70 | --->'''Claptrap:''' I'm shutting down my award-winning conversation subroutines until SOMEONE opens up their wallet! |
| 71 | ** If you go for a while without making a move, Claptrap may have this to say-- |
| 72 | --->'''Claptrap:''' Hey! Buddy! Are you just idling so you can hear the crap we say? ''(says some gibberish)'' Is this hidden dialogue entertaining to you? ''(says some more gibberish)'' |
| 73 | * BribingYourWayToVictory: In-game version. You can buy your opponents drinks with the Inventory Tokens you've amassed. Doing this will make their tells easier to spot, but you still need to be able to interpret them properly to truly take advantage of it. |
| 74 | * ButtMonkey: Ash, as part of a callback to his source material. He's introduced by being thrown out of a window by an offscreen Deadite, and some of his eliminations are the most hilarious. |
| 75 | * CallBack: |
| 76 | ** If Sam is drawing dead in a showdown, he'll sometimes sing the funeral march identical to the one The Heavy sang when he was eliminated from play in the first game. |
| 77 | ** Also, sometimes when he is deciding his next move, he'll sing a bit of King of the Creatures from ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad''. |
| 78 | ** In similar moments, Claptrap will occasionally hum a few bars from the song "[[Music/CageTheElephant Ain't No Rest For the Wicked]]", which was the theme song for ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}''. |
| 79 | ** Winning on the ''Army of Darkness'' set references the original ending of the film, [[spoiler: with the Player drinking too many drops of a sleeping potion given to him by Winslow. The Player wakes up an sees everyone (including [=GLaDOS=] and Claptrap) with grey beards, and Brock telling you that an alien invasion is occurring. Unlike the film, this is implied to be a prank by the other players.]] |
| 80 | * CallingMeALogarithm: When Sam laments that he wishes he had a large mandible like Ash and Brock, Ash is briefly offended until Brock tells Ash that Sam's talking about their chins. |
| 81 | * TheCameo: By series: |
| 82 | ** [[VideoGame/{{Borderlands}} Moxxi]] is tending the bar. |
| 83 | *** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=XCHAPsAxHJA#t=65s Heyooo!]] |
| 84 | ---->'''Claptrap:''' SHUT THE F**K UP, STEVE! [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69MNf-FO294&t=10m03s And people say I'm annoying!]] |
| 85 | ** The Turrets from ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' appear in the ''{{VideoGame/Portal 2}}''-themed variation of The Inventory. |
| 86 | ** [[http://www.telltalegames.com/pokernight2/trailer The Teaser Trailer]] features Brock playing ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'', and getting irritated at Sam, Ash, and Claptrap's suggestions for what to do due to not being in the constraints of the gameplay. |
| 87 | ** [[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Max]] sits in a booth seat behind Sam. |
| 88 | ** Skun-ka'pe is riding in the limo with the player on the main menu. |
| 89 | ** [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDead Doug]] can be seen carrying crates during the intro. Samson is also seen beating up one of the Save Lot Bandits. |
| 90 | ** A waiter from ''VideoGame/GravityBone'' is seen behind one of the doors in the intro. WordOfGod [[http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showpost.php?p=789537&postcount=4 is he's there because]] Jake Rodkin and Brendon Chung knew each other personally through Idle Thumbs. |
| 91 | * CaninesGamblingInACardGame: In one conversation, Brock [[LateToThePunchline (belatedly)]] points out to Sam that he's [[Art/DogsPlayingPoker a dog playing poker.]] Sam doesn't get it. |
| 92 | * CapsLock: When Sam wins a hand, he'll sometimes say he's "all caps in". When the subtitles are on, the words "all caps in" is in all caps. He isn't yelling or emphasizing the phrase, making this purely FunWithSubtitles. |
| 93 | * CarryTheOne: Claptrap will sometimes say "carry the three" when thinking about a move. |
| 94 | * CelShading: Brock and some of the models for the Venture Bros. set use this. |
| 95 | * CentipedesDilemma: Defied by Claptrap when Sam asks him how he balances on only one wheel. At first he plays along and pretends to fall off balance, but blows it off and explains that he's got hundreds of gyroscopes all over his body. |
| 96 | * ChainsawGood: Ash (of course) suggests this method for taking care of the zombies in the trailer. |
| 97 | ** When Ash is eliminated in the Sam & Max 25th anniversary room, Max steals Ash's chainsaw and chases him off with it. |
| 98 | ** One of Ash's animations during the "dramatic dealing" is him holding his chainsaw up on the poker table. |
| 99 | * ClosetGeek: Sam. He's apparently quite fond of action figures and trading cards, and several of his lines reference science fiction. |
| 100 | * ClusterBleepBomb: When Claptrap is eliminated, he may say that all his money was provided to him by Gearbox. He then gets a phone call from the company, telling him about unwarranted expenditures. Claptrap hangs up and then says a long series of bleeps in anger. |
| 101 | -->'''Claptrap:''' [[{{Angrish}} Rassle frassle &%@# &%@# &%@# &%@# &%@# &%@# &%@# &%@# &%@# &%@# &%@# &%@# &%@#!]] When TheMovie comes, I AM SO OUTTA HERE! |
| 102 | * ColourCodedSpeech: Each character has an unique color for his or her subtitles. Brock is red, Claptrap is orange, Ash is a greenish gray, Sam is blue, [=GLaDOS=] is cyan, Winslow is peach-orange, Max is green, the Paranoia Core bounty is blue as well, and Steve's "Heyoo!" is yellow. However, the subtitles at times can be unreadable depending on the skin. |
| 103 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: |
| 104 | -->'''Sam:''' What do you think I should do, Max?\ |
| 105 | '''Max:''' ''(random non-sequitur, such as "Get it looked at by a REAL doctor")''\ |
| 106 | '''Sam:''' About the '''cards''', chucklehead. |
| 107 | * TheComputerShallTauntYou: Like with the first game, if you try to win with a bad hand and lose as a result, there's a good chance that the other characters will question your poker skills. |
| 108 | --> '''Brock:''' Y'know, there's a little thing called "folding". You should look into it.\ |
| 109 | '''Claptrap:''' Is staying in a hand with worthless cards some sort of primitive Earth custom?\ |
| 110 | '''Ash:''' Y'know, there's a fine line between crazy and brilliant... and you're somewhere over there in "dumbass."\ |
| 111 | '''Sam:''' Wow, gutsy AND stupid. Well done. |
| 112 | * ContinuityNod: |
| 113 | ** The elevator used to enter the Inventory in the first game is seen in this game's intro, but has an "out of order" sign on it. |
| 114 | ** Sam mentions that the stakes previously used to be ten-thousand dollars. |
| 115 | ** When Brock questions [=GLaDOS=] on the fate of Cave Johnson, the AI mentions that all files of Cave have been deleted and destroyed, referencing the events of ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'' where [[spoiler:[=GLaDOS=] herself deletes all records of Caroline's existence as they reminded her too much of her former humanity.]] |
| 116 | * DeliberatelyMonochrome: The Sam & Max anniversary theme gets a sepia filter to give the setting a moody FilmNoir atmosphere. |
| 117 | * DeliberateValuesDissonance: PlayedForLaughs in one conversation in the ''Borderlands 2'' Inventory. Sam wonders if there are any vending machines on Pandora that sell candy bars like the ones on Earth. Claptrap says that vending machines with candy bars is ridiculous, mentioning that Earth has a obesity epidemic, and that thanks to Pandora's vending machines selling guns, the children there are lean fighting machines. |
| 118 | * DemotedToExtra: Max goes from one of the main poker players to a background character. He still joins in conversations occasionally, and even jumps onto the table when Sam wins a hand to collect the pot for him. According to Sam and [=GLaDOS=], Max has crippling impulse control, which meant he couldn't stop playing. It wasn't a problem, because he always won. But the Inventory banned him from playing because he kept eating the chips. |
| 119 | ** A framed screenshot of the original cast can be seen down the stairs in the intro. It's practically impossible to miss it. |
| 120 | ** Winslow has a significantly smaller role, having given [=GLaDOS=] his former role as the announcer in this game. To compensate, he has ''more'' screentime pre- and post-tournament than in the previous game. (He's also referred to by name now, while he was just "the host" in the first.) |
| 121 | * DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: |
| 122 | ** One of Claptrap's lines when he bets. |
| 123 | --->'''Claptrap:''' Let's see if I can suck you in with a bet that doesn't trigger your primitive flight reflex. Oh, wait, did I say that out loud? |
| 124 | ** Claptrap also says something like this when eliminated. |
| 125 | --->'''Claptrap:''' Beaten by humans. Man, am I gonna catch hell from the other robots at the next "Kill the Humans!" meeting. Wait, forget I said that last part. |
| 126 | ** Sam occasionally screws himself over this way. |
| 127 | --->'''Sam:''' I c''ould'' brazenly bluff my way through this hand...but since I just said that out loud, I think I'll fold. |
| 128 | ** If the player makes a big bet on a bad hand, [=GLaDOS=] will sometimes comment on the bluff, then remark that she probably shouldn't have said anything aloud. |
| 129 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Downplayed. Since Brock has a legal license to kill people, Steve should consider himself lucky that firing a rocket at him only resulted in Brock beating the crap out of him. Of course, Brock is on thin ice with the Inventory management due to his hair-trigger temper getting the better of him. |
| 130 | * DistractedByTheSexy: Claptrap has the hots for [=GLaDOS=]. The feeling is not mutual. |
| 131 | * DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: Ash [[AGlassInTheHand breaks a martini glass]] when trying to drink out of it in the intro of the game. Justified, since he's using his medieval prosthetic hand to do it, and it's a CallBack to ''Army of Darkness'' where he crushes a metal cup to test out his new hand's strength. |
| 132 | * DoesNotLikeGuns: Brock, of course, is a knife guy, so when the Inventory is ''Borderlands''-themed he mentions uncomfortably how gun-centric Pandora seems and asks if there's any good melee weapons on the planet. Claptrap scoffs and says that guys who go melee are usually losers, which really hurts Brock's feelings. |
| 133 | * DubStep: Brock isn't a fan of Claptrap's wub wubs. He asks if he can play any Music/LedZeppelin or anything like that instead. Claptrap says he'd better get used to it, as the dub is the only thing that survives the Great Digital Event Horizon of 2033. BOOM! |
| 134 | -->'''Brock:''' Great. Another reason to die young. |
| 135 | * DudeNotFunny: |
| 136 | ** [[invoked]] During Ash's last story about Wendy, Claptrap will ask him if he has seen any good books lately ([[spoiler:Wendy is actually a book called the Nocimonorcen.]]) Brock is quick to call him out on this. |
| 137 | ** If Sam is the first one eliminated, Claptrap may joke about how 'Snoopy's ugly uncle' got invited. Ash and Brock call him out on this immediately. |
| 138 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Ash and Brock have a ''huge'' body count for deaths, and are not often the friendliest of guys, but the minute Claptrap starts insulting Sam, they jump to his defense stating that Sam has saved the world from so many threats during his career as Freelance Police. |
| 139 | * EvilLaugh: Ash indulges in one when he's in the lead during a showdown. Sam also lets out a creepy one on occasion, and then will claim it's because he's remembering Max's "joke about sucking chest wounds" before folding. |
| 140 | * ExplainExplainOhCrap: While [=GLaDOS=] is going through history records on what happened to Sheila after Ash saved her, her descendants eventually emigrated to Poland. Brock is humoured by this, [[spoiler:until he quietly freaks out when the family then fled to a Swedish enclave in Nebraska, culminating in him being Ash's current descendant.]] |
| 141 | * FacePalm: A blatant tell Ash can do to indicate his hand isn't going well is facing upward while holding onto his face with his hands, followed by angrily thumping his fists onto the table once. |
| 142 | * FakedRipVanWinkle: At the end of a tournament in the Ash Williams inventory, the game {{Homage}}s the ending of ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'' by having them pass out and wake up, to find everyone, including [=GLaDOS=] and Claptrap, wearing obviously fake white beards. |
| 143 | * FamousFamousFictional: Claptrap gushes about meeting Ash, [[ComicBook/FreddyVsJasonVsAsh the man who took on]] [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet the Nightmare King]], [[Franchise/FridayThe13th the Hockey Mask Slasher]], and the ''Series/{{Degrassi|TheNextGeneration}}'' [[TakeThat invasion of 2016]]. |
| 144 | * FeaturelessProtagonist: |
| 145 | ** Lampshaded by Sam, who states that the Player reminds him of everyone, and yet no one in particular. Upon being eliminated though, he might mention how those "Big bushy eyebrows" give away your tell though. |
| 146 | ** After winning in the Sam and Max 25th Anniversary room, Sam will alter his "You don't even like girls" catchphrase to reflect the unspecific gender of the Player. |
| 147 | * FiveSecondForeshadowing: When learning Ash’s and Sheila’s descendants immigrated to Poland, Brock states he’s also Polish and congratulates Ash. When he learns they later fled Nazis and settled in a Swedish enclave in Nebraska, he quietly says "Wait a minute". [[spoiler: Turns out Brock is descended from Ash]] |
| 148 | * FlatWhat: Sometimes when you bet a lot, reraise, or go all in, Claptrap's response will be a flat "Really..." |
| 149 | * FourFingeredHands: Lampshaded when Sam asks Brock what it's like to have five fingers. Brock doesn't really have anything to compare it to, but notes the pinky is useful when choking someone out. When he asks what it's like with four, Sam notes that between his fingers and toes he's "practically built for the computer age". |
| 150 | -->'''Max:''' We're hexadecimal, baby! |
| 151 | * FourTemperamentEnsemble: Like its predecessor, it follows the same path with the various players and even truer to form from their original series. Brock Samson is Choleric, Claptrap is Sanguine, Ash Williams is Phlegmatic, Sam is Melancholic, and The Player is Leukine. |
| 152 | * FunnyBackgroundEvent: Sometimes during a dramatic showdown, Max (or Claptrap, once he's eliminated) will be hanging from the ceiling or falling off something in the background. |
| 153 | * GassyScare: At one point, Sam might catch himself "thinking about thinking," and then wonders why he's hearing everything inside him turned up to eleven. Ash is worried he's having a stroke, and Claptrap tells him to GoIntoTheLight. True to form, Sam simply needs to burp. |
| 154 | * GenderBlenderName: Discussed in one conversation, with, of course, Ash. Brock mentions that he was expecting [[Franchise/MassEffect someone different]] when he heard the name Ashley Williams, and goes on to mention other names that were formerly male, like Beverly and Vivian. |
| 155 | * GirlsWithMoustaches: Winning the tournament in the ''Army of Darkness'' room results in [[spoiler:Winslow giving The Player a potion that will make them sleep until the next tournament. The Player drinks too much of it, falls asleep, and awakes to find that everyone, including Moxxi, Claptrap, and [=GLaDOS=], has grown a beard, and that an alien invasion has taken place during his slumber. The Player ends up fainting, and the tournament ends with Ash saying he knew the fake beards were a bad idea.]] |
| 156 | * GoshDangitToHeck: Sam. |
| 157 | -->Aww fuzznuggets.\ |
| 158 | [[SymbolSwearing Asterisks!]]\ |
| 159 | [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Belgium!]] |
| 160 | ** Subverted; sometimes, when Sam is bullied out of a hand by a huge bet, raise, or all-in, and he folds, he'll say: |
| 161 | --->You MagnificentBastard, take it! |
| 162 | ** Averted with Brock, who is occasionally prone to say, "I'm all ''[[PrecisionFStrike fuckin']]'' in." |
| 163 | * GoIntoTheLight: Claptrap says "walk into the light" in one conversation. |
| 164 | * GuiltBasedGaming: Of the idling variety. If you go for a long time without making a move, the characters will sometimes tell you to quit stalling and get on with it already. |
| 165 | * HeadDesk: Sam will sometimes flop his head on the table, being a tell that he's got a bad hand or the cards are no longer in his favor. |
| 166 | * HeadsOrTails: |
| 167 | ** Claptrap sometimes flip a virtual coin to decide whether or not to bet. |
| 168 | --->'''Claptrap:''' Yaugh! [[EpicFail How does a]] '''virtual coin''' [[HeadsTailsEdge land on its side!?]] |
| 169 | ** Ash also said that he was going to flip a coin to decide who to vote for on the 2012 election. |
| 170 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: Each character has an offscreen storyline that they'll update the rest of the table on every few tournaments (though only one will be going on at a time). For example, Ash proposes to his girlfriend [[spoiler:and begins suspecting she's not what she seems]], while Sam tries to figure out what ChosenOne prophecy Max has gotten in the middle of ''this'' week. [[spoiler: Turns out ''Sam's'' the centerpiece this time.]] |
| 171 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: Sam and Max, as well as Claptrap and Steve. |
| 172 | * HumansAreSpecial: When Brock and Ash are still at the table, [=GLaDOS=] will mention that she's surprised that after everything they've experienced, they're still playing poker and cracking bad jokes, and not become stark raving mad. She finds it anomalous, to which Brock says that is why robots will never understand humans- because humans are just full of anomalies. [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne And Ash LIKES his jokes]]. |
| 173 | * HypocriticalHumor: In one exchange, Claptrap brings up a ''Series/WhosTheBoss'' movie, at which the discussion turns to gripes about not leaving old franchises be. Meanwhile, [[Franchise/EvilDead in theaters and a poker video game]]... |
| 174 | * IJustWantToBeNormal: It seems Ash would prefer this to constantly fighting demons. [[spoiler:Too bad it doesn't work out that way.]] |
| 175 | -->'''Brock:''' You know what I'm talkin' about! The Deadites, the vampires, the never-ending battles against the forces of darkness. That stuff.\ |
| 176 | '''Ash:''' Eh, all that craziness is behind me, Brock-o. Wendy and I are just gonna settle down, pop out a few kids, and live out our lives like a couple of ''normal'' people. |
| 177 | * ImmobilePlayerCharacter: As in the first game. |
| 178 | * INeedAFreakingDrink: Like Tycho in the previous game, Ash and Brock head to the bar when eliminated (that is, if nothing incapacitates them). |
| 179 | * IdiotHair: Ash's spit curl utilizes JigglePhysics. |
| 180 | * InSeriesNickname: [=GLaDOS=] gives a few to some of the players while she announces their hands. |
| 181 | ** The Player: Our [[HeroicMime silent friend]]. |
| 182 | ** Claptrap: The little robot, Mr. Funnychips. |
| 183 | * InnBetweenTheWorlds: The Inventory itself. Max refers to the Inventory as a "omnidimensional accretion nexus". |
| 184 | * IntercontinuityCrossover: |
| 185 | ** Aside from being one, the game also mocks Ash's tendency to end up in these even joking that there were going to be ''Franchise/EvilDead'' crossovers with ''Film/JamesBond'' and ''Series/{{Degrassi|TheNextGeneration}}''. |
| 186 | * InterfaceScrew: Sometimes [=GLaDOS=] blocks The Player's view of the game. Max will do the same if the player takes too long to make a move, as will Claptrap if he's been eliminated. |
| 187 | ** Sam alters the color filters while demonstrating how dogs see color to Claptrap. |
| 188 | * InterfaceSpoiler: While four special items are presented in-game, the Bounties menu has a fifth, very familiar silhouette: [[spoiler:an Aperture Science personality core. Specifically, the Paranoia Core [=GlaDOS=] offers as a Bounty Challenge once you've won the first four items.]] |
| 189 | * {{Irony}}: When Sam asks Brock and Ash how they manage to stay in shape, the topic about eating healthy and staying in shape is brought up. Sam is genuinely surprised to learn that there were other foods out there that aren't junk food. Sam wonders if he can get in shape by changing his diet, but [=GLaDOS=] scans Sam's body and finds that the preservatives in all the junk food he's eating is pretty much the only thing keeping him alive at this point, but it's also the contributor to his girth. |
| 190 | * KlaatuBaradaNikto: |
| 191 | ** [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/playstationblog/8658825328/in/photostream Written on the sides of the Army of Darkness chip set.]] |
| 192 | ** When someone loses in the "Army of Darkness" Inventory, Max is seen with the Necronomicon - and he inevitably screws up the incantation ("Klaatu Barada ''Tiptoe''", "Keanu Barbera Nimoy", etc.). |
| 193 | * KillItWithFire: A Claptrap response to losing a hand on the river. |
| 194 | * LanternJawOfJustice: During one of the table conversations, Sam will admire Brock's and Ash's chins, and say that he isn't proud of his. They tell him that it's not the size of the chin, it's what you do with it that counts. |
| 195 | * LateArrivalSpoiler: Sam outright spoils much of "The City That Dares Not Sleep" when he discusses Brock's vocal resemblance to Sal. |
| 196 | * LaughTrack: [=GLaDOS=] triggers one of these when Claptrap says "That was more anticlimatic than my sex tape!" after there's a tie. |
| 197 | * LawyerFriendlyCameo: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with [[VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland Winslow]], who is still the Inventory's host, but now refers to himself by his full name at the beginning. |
| 198 | * {{Letterbox}}: For cinematic reasons, this appears when Claptrap gets eliminated in the Borderlands theme. |
| 199 | * LiarsParadox: Claptrap has a [[DiscussedTrope conversation about these]] with [=GlaDOS=] and Sam, and ends up falling into one of these after Sam gives an example. |
| 200 | * LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: At least on the Platform/PlayStation3 version. |
| 201 | * LogicBomb: Claptrap manages to give ''himself'' one, ''after'' and '''by''' claiming that he's immune to them. [=GLaDOS=] is not amused. |
| 202 | * LuckBasedMission: a doubly painful one. Bad luck to get 'Win a showdown with only a high card', and then nigh-{{Unwinnable}} to have that. It means that you have to win a hand by only having a better card than your opponent, and something as feeble as a pair of 2s can blow it for you. And, from the forums, it seems to be very common to get that challenge as one of the three for [=GLaDOS's=] item, which is the last unlockable. |
| 203 | * MadLibsDialogue: |
| 204 | ** Mostly averted, but played straight at the end of a showdown: |
| 205 | --->'''[=GLaDOS=]:''' '''B[-ROCK HAS-]... A[-CE-] H[-IGH-]. A[-ND-] T[-HE-] P[-LAYER HAS-]... T[-WO-] P[-AIR-]. T[-HE-] P[-LAYER WINS THE HAND-].''' |
| 206 | ** Sometimes a conversation is interrupted (eg. by a showdown) and then later continued, with usually a character saying a variant of "as I was saying". In many cases it sounds fluent and natural, but in other cases it sounds very artificial (and in a few cases there's even a clear voice tone difference). |
| 207 | * McGuffin: While jokingly asking Claptrap about the [[Film/{{Avatar}} other Pandora]], Brock wryly refers to the movie's {{Unobtanium}} as [=McGuffinite=]. |
| 208 | * MediumAwareness: |
| 209 | ** Claptrap and Sam are fully aware of their status as fictional characters. Claptrap even offers to put Sam and Max in a ''Borderlands 2'' expansion while they wait for Sam and Max season 4's release and compares the genres of both series. Claptrap also knows the release date of Sam and Max' first adventure (1987) and notes that this should be their ''26th'' anniversary, not the 25th. |
| 210 | ** Ash is about to mention Creator/SamRaimi as the person who wrote his most famous lines, but gets cut off by Brock before saying Sam's last name. He also references [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]], saying they promised to give him a crossover with ''Film/JamesBond'' (their flagship series). See also his ActorAllusion moment. |
| 211 | ** Brock mentions Cartoon Network by name (and curses their lawyers). For Brock however this is {{Justified|Trope}} because even in ''The Venture Bros.'', Rusty was the star of cartoons and video games, so Brock featuring in some sort of media would not be too far removed. |
| 212 | *** One of Brock's stories talks about both Rusty and himself being in video games. It starts with Sam asking about Rusty having a video game in the '70s, with Brock confirming it, but it was so bad that it made "''[[VideoGame/ETTheExtraTerrestrial the E.T. game]]'' look like ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''". Claptrap then asks if Brock was ever a video game star, with Brock responding with a cryptic "not intentionally". He goes on to explain that some development studio decided to be funny and use his likeness in a ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' knock-off named "Immortal Bomcat" as an unlockable EasterEgg fighter. Named Tutu Blondie. Who was implied to be ManlyGay. And had a KissOfDeath fatality. Needless to say, they went bankrupt... with extreme prejudice. |
| 213 | * MemeticMutation: [[invoked]]{{Discussed|Trope}}. Claptrap tries to invoke a ForcedMeme to become popular on the Internet, and Brock dismisses him, saying a true CatchPhrase comes from the heart. He even cites Ash's "Groovy" as an example. |
| 214 | * {{Metaphorgotten}}: One of Sam's lines: |
| 215 | -->'''Sam:''' Winning streaks are like dating a beautiful women. Enjoy them while you can, because it's only a matter of time before they dump you for being weird and clingy. |
| 216 | * MoodWhiplash: Can happen when a character goes in, especially during the middle of a dialogue sequence running. The worst example is when [[spoiler:the other players, as well as [=GLaDOS=] and Winslow, serenade Sam and Max]], and Brock suddenly cuts in with, "[[PrecisionFStrike I'm all fucking in]]!" |
| 217 | * MyFriendsAndZoidberg: [=GLaDOS=] says, ''"G[-ENTLEMEN-]... [-AND-] C[-LAPTRAP-]."'' Justified in that Claptrap is a robot. But it's more likely because [=GLaDOS=] seems to hate him especially. |
| 218 | * TheNameIsBondJamesBond: In the intro cutscene, Brock introduces himself as "Samson. Brock Samson." |
| 219 | * {{Nerf}}: {{Discussed|Trope}}. Claptrap says that Max will have to be this if he ever gets in a Borderlands ExpansionPack. |
| 220 | * NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight, referenced: |
| 221 | -->'''Ash:''' Never bring a knife to a chainsaw fight, kids! |
| 222 | * NeverHeardThatOneBefore: |
| 223 | ** Ash's response to Brock stating about Ash having a girl's first name. |
| 224 | ** And Claptrap's when the two jokingly conversed about [[Film/{{Avatar}} the other Pandora]] after Ash asked Claptrap what life was like on another planet. |
| 225 | * NoodleIncident: Ash tells Brock that S-Mart once sold some Venture Industries products. "Vibrating space bras". Brock apologizes for it, but Ash says that it wasn't his fault for it, and after the recall, they made a buttload of money selling skin ointment. |
| 226 | ** Most of Sam's comments about the state of the game qualify: |
| 227 | --->'''Sam:''' I haven't seen so many weak-kneed checks since Max won the Eastern Bloc Karaoke Finals.\ |
| 228 | '''Max:''' ''[[Music/{{Falco}} Alles klar, der Komissar?]]'' |
| 229 | ** Max sometimes subverts the trope with a response he randomly gives: |
| 230 | --->'''Max:''' That never happened, Sam. |
| 231 | * NotWorthKilling: Ash on a bad set of hole cards: |
| 232 | -->'''Ash:''' I'd put these cards out of their misery, but I don't want to waste a bullet. |
| 233 | * OhCrap: During a showdown, the characters will sometimes say something indicating they know they're getting screwed when the tides turn against them. They'll have even more dire lines when the hand progresses to a point where it's impossible for them to win. |
| 234 | -->'''Brock:''' Geeze, usually I get a little FOREPLAY before I get kicked in the balls! |
| 235 | * OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: On Brock's recommendation, Ash teams up with [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros Dr. Orpheus]] to fight hell-demons at one point. |
| 236 | * OnAScaleFromOneToTen: Sometimes when Claptrap folds. |
| 237 | -->'''Claptrap:''' On a scale of one to ten, these cards can bite me! |
| 238 | * OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Brock [[InvokedTrope fears that this will happen]] when he's required to [[spoiler: say "Go Team Venture"]] after you win a tournament in the Venture Brothers room. |
| 239 | * OneDegreeOfSeparation: |
| 240 | ** According to [=GLaDOS=]'s history records, [[spoiler: Brock's ancestry traces all the way back to Ash starting it in the 14th century.]] |
| 241 | ** Aperture Science founder Cave Johnson also apparently used to work with Rusty Venture's father, Dr. Jonas Venture. |
| 242 | * TheOtherDarrin: {{Invoked|Trope}} and Lampshaded by Claptrap, who asks Sam and Max what happened to their voices since ''Hit the Road'' and ''WesternAnimation/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' (directly referencing the former's tone). Sam claims he started seeing a speech coach and Max just never stopped using a Jason Alexander impression and his voice slowly changed as a result. |
| 243 | * PercussiveMaintenance: Subverted. Sometimes Claptrap's voice module [[BrokenRecord starts glitching out]], and [=GLaDOS=] suggests Ash that a little bump couldn't hurt... [[ExactWords but it probably wouldn't help, either]] (until it fixes itself.) |
| 244 | * PeopleFallOffChairs: |
| 245 | ** When in a showdown, Claptrap will sometimes fall off his chair when leaning forward. |
| 246 | ** If the player suddenly goes all in, Max will fall off his booster chair at the booth behind Sam. |
| 247 | * PetTheDog: After Ash admits that he doesn't know what happened to Sheila after he rescued her in the 14th century, [=GLaDOS=] offers to help him get closure on it. [[spoiler:She subsequently finds out that Brock is his most recent descendant.]] |
| 248 | * PrecisionFStrike: Brock may sometimes make one when he goes all in. |
| 249 | -->'''Brock:''' I'm all fuckin' in. |
| 250 | * PlaylistSoundtrack: Like the previous game, the soundtrack consists almost entirely off lounge jazz remixes of songs from the original series represented at the table, including ''Portal'' songs for [=GLaDOS=] and music from ''The Walking Dead''. |
| 251 | * ProductPlacement: Don't worry, it's all in-universe. |
| 252 | ** Brock makes a remark that he has to buy his shirts 'in bulk' because they get stained easily in his line of work. Ash then states that Brock should invest in some Boo Franklin shirts, then spends the next two minutes explaining why the shirts are so great. [[ContinuityNod (By now he's the manager of the housewares department. Old habits die hard.)]] |
| 253 | ** If playing in the ''Borderlands'' set, Claptrap will suggest that Ash switch out his "primitive boomstick" for a Torgue Brand boomstick. |
| 254 | ** Apparently, Ash's hand taps out "D-R-I-N-K-M-O-R-E-B-A-N-A-N-G". [=GLaDOS=] concludes it's been possessed by a marketing department. |
| 255 | * {{Pun}}: |
| 256 | ** When [=GLaDOS=] tells a story about a strobe experiment. |
| 257 | --->'''[=GLaDOS=]:''' '''I[-T WAS AN... ILLUMINATING EXPERIMENT-].'''\ |
| 258 | '''Ash:''' You made that up just for the pun, didn't you?\ |
| 259 | '''[=GLaDOS=]:''' '''M[-AYBE-]. S[-AY CHEESE-].''' ''([[ProveIAmNotBluffing camera flashes]])'' |
| 260 | ** A subtle pun also serves as the punchline for the discussion on why ''Walking Dead'' characters aren't in the game; after Sam says that nobody wanted to run afoul of the Zombie Unions: |
| 261 | --->'''Brock:''' Oh yeah, those guys'll eat you alive. |
| 262 | * ReversePsychologyMarketing: The game was officially announced on AprilFoolsDay, causing many to assume it to be an elaborate hoax. Those who were taking note of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' updates, however, noticed that the winnable ''[=TF2=]'' items were added to the game's files on [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/March_12,_2013_Patch March 12, 2013]], two weeks before the game was even ''teased''. |
| 263 | * RoboRomance: Claptrap with [=GLaDOS=]: "Hubba hubba!" It's one-sided however. [=GLaDOS=] tells Claptrap that she feels nothing but apathy for him. |
| 264 | ** She does, however, agree with Claptrap's claim that his diesel fuel-scented cologne drives robo-ladies like her insane - [[AxCrazy "just like Lizzie Borden"]]. |
| 265 | * SelfDeprecation: Claptrap may say ''"That was more anti climatic then my sex tape!"'' after there's a draw. |
| 266 | * SequelEscalation: |
| 267 | ** The first game mostly reused models from existing games and drew its cast mostly from properties Telltale already had in easy reach (Tycho being the only mutual exception). The sequel features more distant properties and more new models (as well as a few touch-ups on the pre-existing ones). |
| 268 | ** The player can unlock more versions of the Inventory for use, all with their own events. And unlike before, the humor is not always restricted to the table and its occupants. |
| 269 | ** You can now buy drinks from Moxxi to get other players drunk so you can see their tells more often, unlike ''Poker Night 1'' in which you had to watch carefully to see an opponent's tell. |
| 270 | ** It's also escalated from a quantitative standpoint. The buy-in for the first game was $10,000; in this game, it's $20,000! And the starting blinds are $400-$800 instead of $100-$200. |
| 271 | * ShamelessSelfPromoter: |
| 272 | ** Just in case the unlockable bounties aren't enough to incentive potential new players, Claptrap likes to plug-in for ''Borderlands 2'' from time to time. |
| 273 | ** Meanwhile, Ash is just as shameless, as he won't hesitate to take a chance to shill for S-Mart. |
| 274 | * SilentAntagonist: Sam considers the Player to be this. He sounds quite relieved when you're eliminated, because he can't stand being watched intensely by an eerily silent folk. |
| 275 | -->'''Sam:''' How am I supposed to make witty banter with a mute? |
| 276 | ** Alternatively: |
| 277 | --->'''Sam:''' How am I supposed to make small talk with a mute? |
| 278 | ** Brock isn't pleased either: |
| 279 | --->'''Brock:''' Great. Trapped in a showdown with Captain Small Talk here. |
| 280 | ** Though he does respect you for being the silent type, as he says he enjoys playing with you ''because'' of it if he beats you in a showdown. |
| 281 | * ShipTease: When asked whether he dates human women, Sam replies that he's apparently off the market. However, he gives no answer whether he likes women, or exactly who he's dating. |
| 282 | * ShotgunsAreJustBetter[=/=]SawedOffShotgun: |
| 283 | ** As to be expected, Ash repeatedly calls to Brock to just use his [[MemeticMutation boomstick]]. Perhaps he's unaware Brock DoesntLikeGuns? |
| 284 | ** Similarly, Claptrap recommends buying the Conference Call, one of the most powerful guns of ''Borderlands 2''. He tries to shill out Torgue brand shotguns (specifically, the Boomstick, a boss drop from the first ''Borderlands'' and obvious reference to Ash's weapon) to Ash as well. Ash asks if he'd be able to set it on his shoulder and fire it backwards without looking, just like how he demonstrates with his own boomstick, but Claptrap says "not without blowing your kneecaps off." |
| 285 | ** When Ash wins a hand, he'll draw his shotgun and use it to rake in the pot if it's gotten big enough. |
| 286 | * ShownTheirWork: Even compared to [[VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory the first game]], which had its fair share of this on its own, this game has lots of references to each one of the series it represents (sans [[VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland Monkey Island]]), from the dialogue to the music to the personality-based AI behavior to the customizable tables, decks, and chips to the franchise-themed makeovers the Inventory gets when all three said customizations for a series are selected to the bounty prizes to even the individual cups which the characters drink alcohol out of. |
| 287 | * SkywardScream: Brock will occasionally belt one out if he loses with a good hand, though he does stay in his seat. |
| 288 | * SmoochOfVictory: Given if you win in the 25th Sam & Max Anniversary setting... [[spoiler:by Max.]] |
| 289 | * SoccerHatingAmericans: Should The Player tie with Brock Samson, he'll reference the trope. |
| 290 | -->'''Brock:''' A tie? What is this, soccer? |
| 291 | * SocialSemiCircle: The Player is the only person on one half of the poker table, facing the other four characters. |
| 292 | * SoundtrackDissonance: The VideoGame/{{Borderlands}} and VideoGame/{{Portal}}[=-themed=] inventories have some very tense music for a Poker game. |
| 293 | * SpitTake: One of Claptrap's reactions when someone goes all-in (even if he wasn't drinking anything.) |
| 294 | * SuicideAsComedy: After losing a large amount of money in a hand, Claptrap will sometimes ask Max to shoot him in the head. Max is [[AxeCrazy all too willing]] to do so, but [=GLaDOS=] asks Max to spare Claptrap. [[CruelMercy GLaDOS finds Claptrap's pain somewhat comforting]]. |
| 295 | * TakeThat: Sam delivers quite a number of these: |
| 296 | -->"That's just an old wives' tale, like representative democracy."\ |
| 297 | "If I wanted garbage thrown at me all night, I'd stay at home and watch ''C-SPAN''."\ |
| 298 | "If you guys keep indulging my transparent dishonesty, I'm going to have to run for Congress." |
| 299 | -->'''Sam:''' You know, I'm still not really sure what a "Deadite" actually is.\ |
| 300 | '''Ash:''' It all starts with an evil book that must never, ever be read.\ |
| 301 | '''Sam:''' ''Literature/BattlefieldEarth''? |
| 302 | * TakeThatAudience: Sometimes, when raising: |
| 303 | -->'''Sam:''' Hey! I thought we were friends.\ |
| 304 | '''Max:''' [[BreakingTheFourthWall It's playing computer poker by itself]], Sam. It doesn't HAVE friends. |
| 305 | ** Also, the player will often be attacked by the others if they enter a showdown with a bad hand. |
| 306 | --->'''Ash:''' You know, there's a fine line between insanity and brilliance, and you're somewhere along the lines of [[TooDumbToLive dumbass.]]\ |
| 307 | '''Sam:''' Wow, gutsy ''and'' stupid, way to go! |
| 308 | ** If the player is eliminated from the tournament: |
| 309 | --->'''Claptrap:''' You can't leave now! If you're gone, who'll regale me with tales of their epic battles with hygiene and interpersonal relationships? |
| 310 | ** [=GLaDOS=] does this basically every single time she speaks to you. But then, it is [=GLaDOS=] after all... |
| 311 | --->[[AC:Although usually a sign of a weak hand, a check can also be used to disguise a stronger hand. In your case, I'll assume it's a sign of confusion.]]\ |
| 312 | [[AC:The judicious poker player knows the importance of a well-timed fold. And then there's you.]]\ |
| 313 | [[AC:Wow. That was a clever move that won't come back to bite you in your ample posterior.]]\ |
| 314 | [[AC:Congratulations, you've stopped listening to your frontal lobe and are going with your gut, where all the feces are.]] |
| 315 | * ThatCameOutWrong: One line if Claptrap wins a hand: |
| 316 | -->'''Claptrap:''' That's what you get when you screw with the Clap!\ |
| 317 | '''Brock:''' There was probably a better way of phrasing that. |
| 318 | * TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: When Brock asks how Ash lost the hand, he starts speaking scrambled nonsense ([[Film/{{Excalibur}} anil nathrac]] [[Film/{{Babe}} bah ram u]] [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons yvan eht nioj]], and lots more gibberish [[EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped that no one bothered to transcribe]]). Claptrap, using some translation subroutines, infers that Ash cannot say for fear of rending reality apart, to which Ash just says, "What he said." |
| 319 | * ThinkOfTheChildren: |
| 320 | -->'''Sam:''' All in.\ |
| 321 | '''Max:''' Sam, no! Think of the children!\ |
| 322 | '''Sam:''' What children?\ |
| 323 | '''Max:''' Uhhh... |
| 324 | * ThisLoserIsYou: Max likes to make a few quips against the player, including what is listed in TakeThatAudience above. |
| 325 | -->'''Sam:''' What do you think I should do, Max?\ |
| 326 | '''Max:''' Lose 30 pounds and move out of your parents' house?\ |
| 327 | '''Sam:''' About the '''cards''', chucklehead. |
| 328 | * TotallyRadical: In-universe. Sometimes when winning a tournament, Sam will say the word "homies", which Max calls him out on. |
| 329 | -->'''Sam:''' That's how I do it in my town, homies.\ |
| 330 | '''Max:''' "Homies"? |
| 331 | * TwitchyEye: Brock's rather noticeable tell when he's dealt a bad hand. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kmFQmzBwtU Again, it's a nod to his source material.]] |
| 332 | * {{Unobtanium}}: When Brock and Ash are teasing Claptrap about the [[Film/{{Avatar}} other Pandora]], Ash asks if they ran out of Can't-Get-It-ium. Brock claims it's called [[McGuffin McGuffinite]]. |
| 333 | * TheUnreveal: |
| 334 | ** In the ''Portal'' Inventory, Brock asks [=GLaDOS=] what happened to Cave Johnson. Her answer is that she did have a file on him in her database, but all mentions of him became redacted. |
| 335 | ** In the ''Evil Dead'' Inventory, Brock asks Ash which one of the two ''Army of Darkness'' endings is the canon. Ash responds by saying that it's a long, complicated story that would rip reality apart. |
| 336 | * UranusIsShowing: Brock claims card #256 from ''Alien Invasion'' is "The Wrath of Uranus". |
| 337 | -->'''Claptrap:''' Oh, come ''on''. "The Wrath Of Uranus"? [[LampshadeHanging Isn't ''anyone'' going to make a dirty joke here?]] |
| 338 | ** While the others refer to the card in a different pronunciation ("yor-ah-nus"), Claptrap's the only one to refer to it by its more common (and funnier) pronunciation ("yor-ay-nus"). |
| 339 | --->'''Sam:''' You know it's Uranus, not [=UrANUS=], right?\ |
| 340 | '''Claptrap:''' Maybe here on Earth, but on Pandora, we use its original, funnier pronunciation. And we also added a "P" to Venus. |
| 341 | * VersionExclusiveContent: In terms of the non-Borderlands unlockables the player can get by defeating opponents, Steam has ''Team Fortress 2'' cosmetic items while the Xbox 360 version has avatar items and the Playstation 3 has console XMB themes. |
| 342 | * ViewersAreGeniuses: [=GLaDOS=] mentions that she's raising the blinds to 264 and 4C8 in Base 23. She'll give you a moment to figure that out. |
| 343 | * TheVoiceless: |
| 344 | ** Moxxi, likely because Creator/BrinaPalencia wasn't available. Her default animation is her reading a newspaper with a bored look on her face. |
| 345 | ** You, the Player are also an example of it. Constantly lampshaded and mocked by the characters. |
| 346 | --->'''Claptrap:''' So [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Marceau Marcel Marceau]], what have you been up to lately? |
| 347 | * WeirdnessMagnet: Brock, Ash, and Sam all reference how often this happens in their respective series, and how, even despite all that, Brock and Ash think The Inventory is ''still'' weird. Sam is rather [[SeenItAll unmoved]] about it all. |
| 348 | * WhamLine: In the ''Army of Darkness'' room, Sam asks Ash about what happened to Sheila in the 14th century. He admits that he gave up trying to find out what happened to her. [=GLaDOS=] offers to help and manages to trace a very detailed timeline of her descendants starting when she had Ash's children. Then she comes up to the most recent descendant, who happens to be [[spoiler:Brock]]. |
| 349 | * WhatTheHellPlayer: When The Player re-raises a bet, sometimes the others will call them out. |
| 350 | -->'''Ash:''' And here I thought we were playing a ''friendly'' game of high stakes poker.\ |
| 351 | '''Claptrap:''' I thought this was Hold 'Em, not No-Limit Douchebag! |
| 352 | * WhatWouldXDo: Each of the characters asks this on occasion, but Sam's version... |
| 353 | -->'''Sam:''' What would Max do?\ |
| 354 | '''Max:''' ''(spinning in circles)'' [[Film/BlackHawkDown BLACK HAWK DOWN! BLACK HAWK DOWN!]][[note]]Though that's not actually a line from the movie, it's still probably what inspired this moment of [[CloudCuckooLander Max being Max.]][[/note]]\ |
| 355 | '''Sam:''' Okay, then, Plan B. |
| 356 | * WhenLifeGivesYouLemons: In reference to a line from ''Portal 2'', [=GLaDOS=] will sometimes say... |
| 357 | -->'''[=GLaDOS=]:''' '''M[-AYBE-]. O[-R MAYBE YOU'RE JUST TOO COWARDLY TO TURN LEMONS INTO LEMONADE-].''' |
| 358 | * WhoWantsToLiveForever: Sam and Brock briefly discuss how dull it would be to live as an immortal jellyfish. Claptrap then notes his depression at the concept of being immortal as long as he gets a battery change. Sam and Brock both reassure him that he won't live long enough before "ennui of immortality sets in". |
| 359 | * WrongGenreSavvy: In the trailer, concerning ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' : |
| 360 | ** Sam, recalling humorous point-and-click Creator/LucasArts AdventureGame, advises Brock to use Lee's [[TryEverything inventory items on everything,]] and to [[GuideDangIt go back to Clementine's House]] [[PixelHunt for a ball of string.]] |
| 361 | ** Ash doesn't realize OurZombiesAreDifferent, and wants to play the game as a ThirdPersonShooter, namely telling Brock to just use his boomstick. |
| 362 | ** Claptrap thinks the game works like ''Borderlands,'' in that he thinks the vending machines sell weapons and weapons can be stolen. |
| 363 | * YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Claptrap occasionally lets out a Yiddish word. Or Hebrew, like when he accidentally deletes his Bar Mitzvah ([[ForeignCussWord Ben Zonah!]]). |
| 364 | * YourMom: |
| 365 | -->'''Claptrap:''' I'm going all in... just like I did with your momma last night. [[SubvertedTrope Turns out she's a really good Poker player.]] |
| 366 | ---- |
| 367 | -->'''SelfDemonstrating/GlaDOS:''' '''T[-HE TROPER HAS RUN OUT OF EXAMPLES TO READ AND MUST NOW LEAVE THE PAGE BEFORE EVERYONE STARTS LAUGHING-].'''\ |
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