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7	->''What if you were nine again, knowing what you know now?''
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9	A Creator/{{Dynamix}} AdventureGame from 1991 that ended up ported to Platform/SegaCD a year later. It tells the story of Willy, a typical '90s kid who is all set for the summer, particularly a [[BlandNameProduct Nintari]] game tournament. However, a last-minute bad grade gets Willy's gaming privileges revoked, keeping him from practicing. This little setback is minor compared what is to come as Willy tries his best to get to the competition.
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11	''Willy Beamish'' is very under-the-radar game if there ever was one, with very adult humor. If you should happen upon the game, count yourself lucky and give it a try. For more information on it, [[http://www.mobygames.com/game/adventures-of-willy-beamish go here]]. For a review, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuYGGEmTqCY go here]]. The game itself is available for purchase on Website/GOGDotCom.
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14	!!''The Adventures of Willy Beamish'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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16	* ActionSurvivor: Willy, especially moreso on the fourth and final day when it comes to saving the frogs and his father Gordon.
17	* AdaptationExpansion: Besides adding actual voiced lines, the Sega CD adaptation also changes Willy's Monster Squad game from a cutscene to an actual minigame.
18	%%* AdventureGame
19	* AllJustADream: The vampire babysitter. After defeating her, Willy wakes up in bed with some pack on his head, although the mother does afterwards say "don't let the bats, er bedbugs bite". [[OrWasItADream However, the bat does cause a game over if not dealt with in time.]]
20	* AnonymousPublicPhoneCall: Willy tries to enter the Golden Bowl Tavern again on day 4, but Ray doesn't let him in. He calls Golden Bowl on a public phone and asks to speak to Ray, then plays a message from an astrological hotline recorded on tape. Since Ray's superstitious, he falls for it completely, letting Willy enter without him in the way.
21	* ApatheticCitizens: Many of the adult customers in the pizzeria don't react to the bully Spider grabbing and picking up Willy like a ragdoll, with the intent of doing him harm.
22	* AnimalTalk: Willy's dog, Duffy, can be heard speaking English now and then, as can Horny, Gigi, and Turbofrog. They never try to communicate across species, though. The exception is [[AmbiguouslyGay Arthur the Parrot]] who can also sing his own lyrics, set to the tune of songs the intended audience of this game was [[ParentalBonus not expected to know.]] (Namely Music/RodStewart's ''Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?'')
23	%%* BabiesEverAfter: Horny and Gigi in the ending of the PC version.
24	* BabysitterFromHell: Willy's babysitter turns out to be a vampire. He even drops the trope name.
25	* TheBGrade: Willy has all A's and B's, but somehow the C grade he got is a huge deal that he's afraid to show to his parents. The subject is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_appreciation Music Appreciation]], which is normally considered less academically significant.
26	* BigBallOfViolence: If the Cripes catch Willy. [[spoiler:Also their rumble with the family of ninjas.]]
27	* BigOMG: Tiffany's reaction to finding out about Gordon's termination.
28	--> "Oh my ''gawwwwwwwd''! Daddy has been pink-slipped?!"
29	* BlandNameProduct: Willy's [[Creator/{{Nintendo}} Nin]][[Creator/{{Atari}} tari]] console and portable [[Platform/GameBoy Game Buddy]].
30	* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: An example involving both genders; the three Beamish children consist of Tiffany (Blonde), Willy (Brunette), and Brianna (Redhead).
31	* BoysLikeCreepyCritters: Willy has a pet frog named Horny that he can use to freak out various characters, among them his teacher Ms. Glass and his older sister Tiffany. Part of the game's plot has Willy entering the Annual Tootsweet Frog Jump to win enough money to head to a video game championship.
32	%%* BrandX: Slam Dunk Cola.
33	%%* BrattyHalfPint: Brianna Beamish.
34	%%* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Tiffany Beamish.
35	* TheBully: Spider lives to make Willy's life miserable and always extorts him for prized possessions.
36	* ButThouMust: After Willy gets home from detention, he's railroaded into helping his mom out with either preparing some carrots for dinner or playing with his sister Brianna. Picking the latter makes Sheila still ask for help with the former, so the player needs to deal with him cutting his thumb with a knife and the resulting need to bandage it up.
37	* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Averted at first, then exaggerated later. Taking one ferry token from the fountain is mandatory to progress with the game. Taking a second token gets you instantly hauled off to jail for life.
38	* ConsoleCameo: The Sega CD version changes Willy's Game Buddy to look like a Sega Game Gear.
39	* CopyProtection: One of the later puzzles references a picture of a newspaper clipping detailing a hypnosis school that was only available in the manual with the game.
40	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The Tootsweet Corporation controls a good amount of Frumpton's economy, and its owner, Leona Humpford, has designs on opening her own theme park.
41	* DeadpanSnarker: [[SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing Awesomely]], the LemonyNarrator is one of these.
42	* DistractedByTheSexy: You use a nudie calendar to get by the striking plumbers blocking the Sludgeworks.
43	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Later in the game, Willy has to sneak around [[spoiler: Humpford Mansion]] and in the dining room you can see two people...apparently doing something that looks very inappropriate for a game aimed at kids. Shortly after that scene we get to see a close-up, and it's [[spoiler: Leona and Louis, the latter giving the former a perfectly g-rated horsey-ride. In front of a bearskin rug.]]
44	* EveryoneHasStandards: Spider is rather appalled at Willy passing gas in the pizza place. He considers it poor table manners.
45	* FastForwardMechanic: On the inventory screen, the player can skip one hour at a time to get to key events. However, be careful not to skip too far before certain actions are taken, or you might get a HaveANiceDeath.
46	* FingerSnappingStreetGang: The Cripes introduce themselves by snapping their fingers, and are the villains of the third day. They're stopped by a Japanese ninja family.
47	* FissionMailed: [[spoiler:After liberating the frogs within Humpford Manor, Willy gets caught by Louis and Leona and made to drown... but Turbofrog, Horny and optionally Gigi come to his rescue.]]
48	* FiveSecondForeshadowing: After Willy gets home from school, he can check the house's answering machine. The final message left is from an employment bureau calling for Gordon. Then at dinner, Gordon reveals his termination.
49	* GambitRoulette / EvilPlan: Leona Humpford and Louis Stoole's plot to make the plumbers go on strike, interrupting Tootsweet's processing of sludge and bring Frumpton to their mercy while pinning the blame on their choice of UnwittingPawn, a newly hired PR spokesman for Tootsweet... that being Gordon Beamish.
50	* GameWithinAGame: Willy's Nintari has a ''[[FictionalVideoGame Monster Squad]]'' cartridge in it that can be checked out via clicking on it. In the PC version, it's relegated to a cutscene of a generic monster-themed [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] clone; in the Sega CD version, it's fully playable and consists of a weird cross of ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders'' and ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}''.
51	* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The guard of the Sludgework's front gate allows Willy through with his stolen security pass, despite questioning at the time why a ''kid'' would have one.
52	* GuideDangIt: A few areas can be pretty frustrating.
53	* HaveANiceDeath: Plenty of them, although they're not "deaths", of course. At least most of them aren't.
54	* [[HaventYouSeenXBefore "Haven't You Seen a Mature Woman Before?"]]: Tiffany to Willy in her "rebellious" phase.
55	%%* HighPressureBlood: When Willy cuts his thumb.
56	%%* HospitalHottie: The school nurse.
57	%%* HouseWife: Sheila Beamish.
58	* HufflepuffHouse: At the Frog Jump, the entry table is occupied by Horny, Willy's frog; Turbofrog, TheRival; optionally Gigi, Dana's frog; and finally, an anonymous blond bearded man who the narrator makes a point of saying both he and his frog don't stand out at all.
59	* ICouldaBeenAContender: Stated verbatim in one of the ItsAWonderfulFailure screens.
60	* InUniverseGameClock: Game events are driven by an in-game clock. The clock is advanced by waiting or by some time-consuming actions, and missing certain events could advance the trouble meter or cause a game over.
61	* JapaneseTourist: [[spoiler: They turn out to be ninjas.]]
62	* JoblessParentDrama: Gordon losing his job kicks off the rest of the plot, with Willy needing a new source of money to attend the Nintari championships, and Gordon himself falling for Leona and Louis' evil plot regarding the Tootsweet Corporation.
63	* KarmaMeter: The trouble meter is shown in they style of a thermometer, increases one step on bad actions, or all the way at critical points. It's off to MilitarySchool when it reaches the top.
64	** The Let's Play points out that occasionally the "correct" answer is counterintuitive -- for example, if you refuse to give your dog table scraps (which any dog-owning kid would reasonably expect his parents to disapprove of), he'll start acting up and your mom yells at you; give in to his demands, and Sheila will express disapproval, but it won't affect the meter.
65	* LawyerFriendlyCameo: Expies of Marge Simpson and Krusty the Clown from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' appear at the jumping frog contest.
66	%%* LiveItem: Horny. Also some jars of flies and fire ants.
67	* LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: The Sega CD version, which even shipped with a screensaver known as "Laser Balls" that could be called up at will and played with while the game spooled up a new scene.
68	%%* LoveAtFirstSight: Horny for Gigi.
69	%%* MidlifeCrisisCar: Gordon's Grange Rover.
70	* MilitarySchool: In endings involving a maxed [[KarmaMeter trouble meter]] or certain types of bad behavior, Willy ends up shipped to a military school for the summer.
71	* MoonLogicPuzzle: The final area, which has Willy running through the Tootsweet complex, has several computer terminals that have to be manipulated. You're not given very many hints as to what to DO with them, though.
72	** The very last puzzle of the game requires you to neutralize the bad guys before they can get to Willy. [[spoiler: You're supposed to use [[KillerYoyo the yo-yo]] that's been [[ChekhovsGun sitting in Willy's inventory since the start of the game]] to knock them down into the vat of Sludge below. What pushes this into Moon Logic Puzzle territory is that you most likely have an ''actual'' weapon in your inventory as well, the ninja star you got from the Japanse tourists, yet it's a UselessItem and trying to use it to stop the bad guys does nothing.]]
73	* MsFanservice:
74	** Sheila Beamish. She wears tight fitting pants, has an exposed midriff and looks good for a mother of three children.
75	** The school nurse is a very well-endowed HospitalHottie with a lot of gratuitous jiggle as she gives Willy a checkup. It's also not required by the plot to get sent to her office, but judging from his expressions, he certainly thinks it's worth it...
76	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Several. Notably, Leona Humpford resembles Leona "Queen of Mean" Helmsley.
77	* NonstandardGameOver: At one point in the game, you have to navigate a tram through some tunnels to reach the final area. One tunnel takes you to ''Franchise/TheTwilightZone''. Another takes you to one of the [=EmWay=] stations in ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheDragon''.
78	* NuclearFamily: A perfect example. The breadwinner Gordon; his homemaker wife Sheila; [[ABoyAGirlAndABabyFamily their children Tiffany, Willy and Brianna]]; and their dog Duffy and cat Mr. Snickers; all living together in a big suburban house.
79	%%* PlumbersCrack: Featured on several plumbers in the Plumbers' Union and Golden Bowl.
80	%%* PointAndClickGame
81	* PromotedToScapegoat: The reason Leona hires Gordon Beamish as her head of PR.
82	* PunnyName: Louis Stoole is a plumber; think about it.
83	* RefugeInAudacity: After the Frog Jump, Leona has ''every'' competing frog -- including Turbofrog, one of the most prolific animal athletes in the game's world -- rounded up and taken to her mansion with the intent to ''eat'' their legs. And she somehow gets away with this until Willy shows up at her mansion and frees them.
84	* SadistTeacher: Ms. Glass. Who is given a GrossUpCloseUp in the opening cutscene.
85	* SceneryPorn: Lots of attention was drawn in the past to the fact that the backgrounds were drawn up by former Disney artists. And it shows.
86	* SecondPlaceIsForLosers: Surprisingly averted. You can continue the game as normal if you only manage to make second place in the Tootsweet Frog Jump, as its prize is $2500 (enough for the Nintari championship) as well as the jet scooter you need to progress.
87	* SequelHook: In the Sega CD version at least Willy turns to the player and says to keep an eye out for his next game, since they saved his bacon in this one and he wants them around for all his other adventures too.
88	* SequenceBreaking: Willy can put off saving Horny from Humpford Manor in favor of going to the Golden Bowl Tavern and giving its owner the (winning) lottery ticket; Horny shows up in the cutscene anyway.
89	* SeriousBusiness: The annual Tootsweet Frog Jump offers $25,000 as first prize, and giving your frog Slam Dunk beforehand, or another frog flies, disqualifies you. [[spoiler:Of course, if you 'intended' on giving your own frog flies, but another one were to take the jar from you before you did so...]]
90	* ShmuckBait: Chances are if your job interview consists entirely of being asked whether you can handle making "obscene amounts of money" in an office with a "drop dead view", the offer isn't entirely above board.
91	* ShoutOut: The narrator says that Tootsweet Pavillion was formerly the Creator/PennAndTeller Building.
92	* SkewedPriorities: When Gordon reveals that he's been fired.
93	-->'''Sheila:''' How are we supposed to make the mortgage and car payments? How are we going to pay for Brianna's gifted preschool program? Or the credit cards, or my facials, or my ''nail wraps!?''
94	%%* SpiritAdvisor: Grandpa Beamish
95	* StandardizedSitcomHousing: Despite not being a sitcom, the Beamish Residence matches most of the traits listed.
96	* StepOneEscape: Subverted. Once you gain control of Willy, he's in detention. His initial task is getting out of the classroom and then school by sneaking past Ms. Glass when she falls asleep, tricking Coach Beltz with a fake hall pass in the hall, and bribing Spider in the bathroom. However, it's possible to just wait the detention out and leave a little later, though he'll discover his report card has already been taken.
97	* StockNinjaWeaponry: The Japanese tourists will give you a smoke bomb and a shuriken as a gift. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that they actually are ninja in disguise.]]
98	* StylisticSuck: The pizzeria has a poster advertising its own product, a person happily eating a slice with the word "YUM" on it. Unfortunately, the in-universe artist drew the "YUM" ''behind'' the person such that he covers up the final letters, which the narrator notes led to heckling from customers that it actually says "YUCK".
99	* TakeYourTime: Averted. The game's events are driven by an InUniverseGameClock.
100	* TimedMission: Certain sections of the game need to be done under a stricter time limit. First is the day 2's antagonist, the cripes gang on Day 3.
101	* ToiletHumor: Pretty much the entire scene with Spider in the pizza place, from fart gags all the way to an exploding toilet.
102	* {{Tomboy}}: Dana paints herself this way, and it works enough that Willy doesn't consider her a "girl" in the same sense he does his sisters.
103	* TraumaticHaircut: The cadet school ending finishes with Willy's head being shaved.
104	* UnconfessedUnemployment: Being unceremoniously [[JoblessParentDrama fired from your employment]] without warning, when everybody (including your whole family) was safely assuming you'd be promoted instead, and your position given to someone younger.
105	--> '''Gordon:''' (''thinking'') I'm a failure... Nearly 40 and out of a job. What am I gonna do?
106	* UnintentionallyUnwinnable:
107	** During the sequence where you are trying to rescue your frog, the puzzle with Chef Childish is based on your system speed, so if your computer is too fast, you won't be able to complete the puzzle. [=MoSlo=] or UsefulNotes/DOSBox to the rescue here.
108	** The fire hydrant puzzle has a similar problem. If your computer is too fast, the bullies will be upon you before you can turn the hydrant on.
109	* UnwinnableByDesign: This being a Creator/{{Sierra}} game, there are numerous ways you can [[PermanentlyMissableContent leave something behind]] or otherwise screw things up.
110	%%* UselessItem: Quite a few, as can be expected from a Creator/{{Sierra}} game.
111	%%* ValleyGirl: Tiffany Beamish. Before her "rebellious" phase.
112	%%* WeaponizedHeadgear: Used in the conveyor belt scene.
113	%%* WhiteCollarWorker: Gordon Beamish.
114	%%* YodelLand: Turbofrog and his owner, Hans.
115	* YouGetWhatYouPayFor: Willy and friends get a free pizza with a coupon. Unfortunately, it doesn't come with their choice of topping, and it gives Willy a bad case of gas that gets him in trouble with the school bully sitting at a nearby table. The girl sums up the situation with "you get exactly what you pay for..."
116	* YoungerThanTheyLook: Gordon Beamish is mentioned as "not even 40 yet", but his hair has already grayed, coupled with receding hairline. The narrator says he's undergoing a midlife crisis, so presumably stress is taking its toll on him.

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