Line #19 VideoGame/Whiplash


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3	->''"InAWorld where a voice from the Heavens tells you to 'cut loose'."''
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5	''Whiplash'' is a 2003 PlatformGame developed by Creator/CrystalDynamics and published by Creator/EidosInteractive for the [=PS2=] and [=Xbox=]. [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs You play a genetically altered weasel and rabbit]] who are [[ChainedHeat handcuffed together]] and trying to escape an animal testing facility. You directly control Spanx (the weasel) while Redmond (the rabbit) is dragged along and used as a bludgeon.
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7	After breaking out of containment, Spanx and Redmond follow the advice of a mysterious voice in the computer system to try and escape from [[BlandNameProduct Genron]] while freeing other test animals from cartoonishly cruel experiments. A running secondary goal of the game is to smash stuff. There's actually a running counter at the bottom of the screen showing how much money the company has, and a little is deducted for every fire extinguisher you break. The platforming is relatively generic, but much of the fun of the game comes from the simple fact you're destroying a large corporation by bashing it with a rabbit.
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9	[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Not to be confused]] with ''VideoGame/FatalRacing'', which [[MarketBasedTitle uses the same title inside the States]], the [[Series/{{Whiplash}} 1960s Australian western]], or with [[Film/{{Whiplash}} the 2014 film]] starring Creator/MilesTeller and Creator/JKSimmons.
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11	!!''Whiplash'' contains examples of the following tropes:
12	* AfterBossRecovery: When you defeat the giant spider-bot boss at the end of the Power department level, you are rewarded with tons of Genron hypersnacks, which causes Spanx and Redmond to level up a bunch of times in a row!
13	%%* AmusingInjuries: Poor Redmond.
14	* AnimalTesting: The whole game revolves around this. The humans subject animals to over the top cruel experiments.
15	* BadBoss: Franklin D. Mann is prone to firing people at the drop of a hat.
16	* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: The whole plot of the game is freeing animals from the cruel people of Genron, who perform heinous experiments on animals.
17	* BaldOfEvil: A good large portion of the male Genron employees are bald.
18	* {{Balloonacy}}: Inflating Redmond with helium makes you float upwards. Spanx can speed up the process by spinning his tail like a propeller.
19	* BigBad: [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Franklin D. Mann]], the CEO in charge of Genron and resident madman.
20	* BigGood: Two. Enos and The Master. Both are leading the animals in their attempts to escape.
21	* BlandNameProduct: The Genron Corporation is named after Enron Corporation, a real-life energy company best known for an accounting scandal.
22	* BlasphemousBoast: The ad for the Robo Weasel enemy in the first level states "The Robo Weasel is mankind's greatest invention since God".
23	* BreathWeapon: The mad scientist enemies will drink potions to gain the ability to breathe fire at you.
24	* CartoonCreature: Spanx is officially a long-tailed weasel, but is mostly a ''thing''. Redmond speculates wildly on what he is.
25	--> "You're a bad, BAD weasel...Or whatever you are."
26	%%* ChainedHeat: The basic premise.
27	* CirclingBirdies: The enemies will have stars floating around their heads when they are stunned.
28	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Mann runs a company that is based entirely around animal abuse.
29	* CrapsackWorld: The game must take place in a world where animal cruelty isn't a crime, considering Genron outright ''advertises'' what they do to animals, and Carol Ann is working as an undercover agent instead of just going to the police.
30	* {{Cyborg}}: Polanski becomes one at some point in between his first defeat and his second encounter. Lincoln is a cyborg owl.
31	* DarkActionGirl: Most of the female Genron employees, with the exception of the female scientists, are very athletic and skilled in martial arts.
32	* DeadpanSnarker: Redmond makes up for his helplessness by [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] everything he can.
33	%%* DieChairDie: With a vengeance.
34	* {{Dissimile}}: At one point, Redmond says "Hey, this is just like water skiing. Except it's on concrete, I'm flat on my back and it's REALLY PAINFUL".
35	* TheDogBitesBack: Whenever you free animals, they will attack the humans who mistreated them.
36	* EarlyBirdCameo: Spanx first appeared (sans Redmond) in a foot-racing game for the Xbox launch called ''VideoGame/MadDashRacing''.
37	* EliteMook: The Hazmat Hunters. They are the most powerful of the enemies and are considered Genron's elite force.
38	* EnemyMine: It is repeatedly discussed how weasels and rabbits are supposed to be enemies. Redmond certainly comes to despise Spanx at the least. By the end however, they have become FireForgedFriends.
39	* EpicFlail: Spanx attacks enemies by using Redmond as one, via the handcuffs that are connecting the two of them together. Redmond ''really'' hates this.
40	* EvilGenius: Genron scientists are incredibly skilled creators, inventing technology that far surpasses modern times. Too bad it comes at the expense of animals.
41	* EvilOldFolks: Mann, the main villain, is 64 years old.
42	%%* FatBastard: The Rent-a-Cop enemies.
43	%%* FinalBoss: Franklin D. Mann.
44	* FireForgedFriends: Redmond spends most of the game not liking Spanx. During the final boss fight however, sfter being freed from the chain, Redmond comes back and reattaches the chain to help Spanx. They end up leaving the building as friends.
45	* ForScience: Most of Genron's experiments seem to have the singular purpose of tormenting animals.
46	%%* FourEyesZeroSoul: Polanski wears glasses.
47	* GameBreakingBug: In a demo of the game, there is a nasty glitch present that makes it literally impossible to complete. In the actual game, there's a glitch at the point where you're supposed to free some alligators- sometimes it won't register that you've freed all of them which prevents the next area from being unlocked.
48	* GameplayAllyImmortality: When you free animals and they start attacking humans, the animals are essentially invincible due to the fact that the humans never fight back against them.
49	* GoodScarsEvilScars: Mann has three claw marks over his left eye.
50	* GrapplingHookPistol: You use Redmond as this by deliberately tossing him into an electrical pod that shocks him and swing while he gets stuck on it.
51	* GravityScrew: One room has a bunch of chimps being used to test anti-gravity devices. You are supposed to reverse the effects so the chimps are brought down and the scientists in the room are brought up.
52	* GrievousHarmWithABody: [[RunningGag Poor Redmond]], hitting enemies with him is ninety percent of the gameplay.
53	* HarmlessElectrocution: Spanx can electrify Redmond and use him to non-fatally shock humans.
54	* HarmlessFreezing: If you don't finish off the enemies after hitting them with nitroglycerin and freezing them, they will thaw out and be fine.
55	* HatedByAll: Rusty the surgeon isn't liked by humans any more than animals. In the cutscene before his boss fight, it's revealed that the men who were supposed to observe his operation on an animal actually left cardboard cutouts of themselves in the viewing windows and snuck away.
56	* HeroicMime: Spanx never speaks due to his brain being long-fried by electricity.
57	* HumansAreBastards: Carol Ann is the only good human in the game.
58	* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder: One of the quotes the mad scientist enemies will say is "I'm a doctor, not an animal catcher!"
59	%%* IronButtMonkey: [[RuleOfThree Poor Redmond]].
60	%%--> "Could you please stop breaking things with my face?!"
61	%%--> "You have a plan that DIDN'T involve using me as a war mace?"
62	%%--> "I don't suppose you'd stop if I told you how painful this was?...Didn't think so."
63	* {{Jerkass}}: The humans aside from Carol Ann are all this. They are shown to be at best indifferent to the suffering they cause animals and at worst outright sadistic about it.
64	* {{Kaiju}}: One of the bosses is a giant garbage monster.
65	* KickTheDog: Some of the experiments appear to be done ForTheEvulz, a notable example being the hamster cannon, which Enos notes is "just plain mean".
66	* KillerGorilla: One gorilla will attack a scientist after being freed. Another serves as part of The Master's group.
67	* KillItWithFire: You can set Redmond on fire and use fire as a weapon against enemies.
68	* KillItWithIce: You can dunk Redmond in nitroglycerin and then use him to freeze enemies.
69	* KingMook: Several of the enemies have boss versions. There is the head janitor, the head Hazmat Hunter, and Rusty, the head surgeon.
70	%%* LeanAndMean: The Skinny Rent-a-Cops.
71	* MadeOfIron: Redmond has been modified to be indestructible. Feel free to beat security guards over the head with him and jam him in gears to stop them. [[IronButtMonkey Or set him on fire, or dunk him in toxic waste...]]
72	* MadScientist: Tons, usually tormenting chimps in humorous ways until you show up. Notably, the game has two different types; "regular" scientists which can be either male or female and are TheGoomba, and the more dangerous "mad" scientists, which are always male, throw potions at you, and drink potions to breathe fire at you.
73	* MeaningfulName: The second chimpanzee launched into space by NASA was named Enos, and here, Enos is a chimpanzee who was the first animal to be experimented on by Genron.
74	%%* MegaCorp: Genron.
75	%%* MsFanservice: Carol Ann. Both Spanx and Redmond find her highly attractive.
76	* {{Mutants}}: Spanx, Redmond, and several other animals have been mutated by Genron. A group of them serves The Master.
77	* NoodleIncident: Redmond knows Polanski and seems to hold a personal grudge against him for some reason.
78	* ObliviouslyEvil: Franklin D. Mann honestly believes he is bringing meaning and purpose to the animals. The official strategy guide describes him as more demented than evil.
79	* PlayingWithFire: Setting Redmond on fire increases the damage you can do to enemies.
80	* RadiationInducedSuperpowers: You can use radiation to increase Redmond's attack power temporarily.
81	* RewardingVandalism: It's the secondary goal of the game to rack up the debt.
82	* TheScream: Redmond lets out a ''big'' one when he realizes the elevator he and Spanx took did ''not'' lead to freedom.
83	* SequenceBreaking:
84	** After adding the Electric powerup to the Multi System, you can immediately backtrack to Endurance and obtain the department’s security card and the Ice powerup earlier than you are supposed to.
85	** The same situation applies to the Robotics card. However, it is possible for you to obtain it even before you reach the Power department by climbing on certain objects.
86	* ShoutOut:
87	** At the beginning of the game, when Redmond tries to figure out what animal Spanx is, Redmond calls Spanx "a [[WesternAnimation/IceAge Scrat]]."
88	** After defeating Robo Polanski, Spanx and Redmond look at his unconscious body, before Redmond quips "Forget it Spanx, it's {{Film/Chinatown}}".
89	* SkewedPriorities: During the boss fight with the head janitor, you can distract him by causing a mess that he will stop to mop up, leaving him open to attack.
90	* SoundEffectBleep: Used twice. Once during the fight with the head janitor, and again when Franklin D. Mann describes The Master (a living being made of fecal matter) as a "man covered in <Bleep>"
91	* StaticStunGun: The Skinny Rent-a-Cops use tasers.
92	* SweetTooth: A guard is obsessed with chocolate. You have to dunk Redmond in chocolate so the guard will mistake him for a giant chocolate bunny and activate the hub elevator bridge so he can try to get to you.
93	* TakeThat: Creator/RomanPolanski (or a Genron employee with the same name as him) is a minor villain in this game.
94	* TalkingAnimal: Averted for most of the animals. Played straight with Redmond, Lincoln, and Enos. Lincoln and Redmond can talk because of the experiments performed on them, while Enos uses telepathy.
95	* TalkingPoo: The Master is a living glob of poop with eyes. He doesn't actually talk though.
96	* UnstoppableRage: By hitting things/people enough, Redmond goes berserk and automatically sics himself on anything nearby.
97	* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: You can outright kill enemies with nitroglycerin tanks if you throw Redmond in one. This will allow you to use ice powers and freeze foes solid before [[LiterallyShatteredLives smashing them]], leaving only their equipment behind.
98	* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Many of the puzzles involve sticking Redmond into something.
99	* WickedWeasel: Not Spanx, but the Robo Weasels are enemies.
100	* YesMan: One of the types of enemies are called this in the official strategy guide. They are perpetually smiling men in business suits.

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