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3 | ->'''Squiddy:''' Aren't you the hero?\ |
4 | '''Jables:''' I don't know.\ |
5 | '''Squiddy:''' Would you like to be?\ |
6 | '''Jables:''' OK.\ |
7 | '''Squiddy:''' Let's try this again. Hellllloooo, hero!\ |
8 | '''Jables:''' Yo. |
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10 | ''[[http://squiddershins.com/games/jables-adventure/ Jable's Adventure]]'' is a freeware platform game created by Jason Boyer (with help from Ryan Pietz on the dialogue and plot, and music by Kevin "Frantic Panda" Carville) and released in 2010. It's a {{Metroidvania}} game (it plays like a less-linear ''VideoGame/CaveStory'') with a surreal, self-aware sense of humor. |
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12 | You play as Jables, a 15-year-old boy who wakes up one morning to find a squid perched on his head. Its name is Squiddy, and he insists that Jables is the hero. So Jables sets off to go exploring and a-hero-ing. |
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14 | In spite of the game's short length (Boyers estimates that it has 30-60 minutes of gameplay), it's surprisingly {{Troperiffic}}. |
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16 | Has nothing to do with Creator/JackBlack. |
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19 | !!Press [X] to become the tropes! |
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21 | * AbnormalAmmo: Your Hurricane Gun fires a blast of air. |
22 | * AdvancingBossOfDoom: Rutherford Goldbeard. |
23 | * BearsAreBadNews: They're the strongest non-boss enemies in the game. |
24 | * BlatantItemPlacement: Given a tongue-in-cheek [[JustifiedTrope justification]]. |
25 | -->'''Shop keeper:''' Don't worry, we're running a special promotion.\ |
26 | '''Jables:''' What's that?\ |
27 | '''Shop keeper:''' I hid weapons and items outside the town to drum up publicity.\ |
28 | '''Jables:''' Isn't that reckless?\ |
29 | '''Shop keeper:''' [[MST3KMantra It's a game, kid. Don't be so serious.]] |
30 | * BraggingRightsReward: Collecting all 10 Fruit and finding a secret room rewards you with the [[SpreadShot Hurricane Buster]]. By the time you receive the upgrade, your HP will have already increased 5 times the initial amount, and you will only have King Squid left to fight. |
31 | * TheCameo: [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Finn and Jake]] can be found up in the clouds. |
32 | * CardCarryingVillain: King Squid. |
33 | * ChainsawGood: Lumber Jacques' weapon of choice. |
34 | * ChekhovsSkill: The high five isn't just used to save progress... |
35 | * TheCuckoolanderWasRight: The princess. [[spoiler:Squiddy doesn't even mention the princess until the game is almost over--it comes across like he just made her up. Then King Squid, in spite of being a card-carrying villain, vehemently denies kidnapping her, further calling into question her involvement with the story. Then she shows up at the end of the game anyway.]] |
36 | * ExcusePlot: You're the hero! Now go, do hero stuff! |
37 | * EyesAlwaysShut: Most of the squids, including Squiddy. |
38 | * FlushingEdgeInteractivity: One house has a toilet that you can flush [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer by shooting it]]. |
39 | * GoodMorningCrono |
40 | * GottaCatchEmAll: Collecting all 10 Fruit of the Hero is an optional sidequest. |
41 | * GeniusLoci: Possibly. There's a hill with a face, and its eyes follow you. |
42 | * GreenHillZone: The fields right outside town. |
43 | * HeadPet: Squiddy might object to being called a pet, but he otherwise fits. |
44 | * HeartContainer: Fruit each increase your health bar by 2 points. |
45 | * HeKnowsAboutTimedHits: |
46 | -->'''Squiddy:''' Have you noticed how much the trigger looks like an [X]?\ |
47 | '''Jable:''' The resemblance is uncanny! |
48 | * InsaneTrollLogic: |
49 | -->'''Jables:''' I had no idea there was a villain.\ |
50 | '''Squiddy:''' I bet he's the one who kidnapped the princess.\ |
51 | '''Jables:''' Let her go, King Squid!\ |
52 | '''King Squid:''' I didn't kidnap any princess.\ |
53 | '''Squiddy:''' Then where is she?\ |
54 | '''King Squid:''' My plan doesn't involve the princess.\ |
55 | '''Squiddy:''' Yet you kidnapped her anyway.\ |
56 | '''Jables:''' That's evil.\ |
57 | '''King Squid:''' [[VisibleSilence ...]] |
58 | * LethalLavaLand: Squidville, which is in a volcano. |
59 | * LetsYouAndHimFight: Neither of the first two bosses are evil. Lumber Jacques attacks because he thinks you're a walking tree. Rutherford Goldbeard attacks because he thinks you're a cattle rustler. |
60 | * LevelInTheClouds: Many above-ground areas have a line of cloud platforms near the top, and even those that don't will lead to a cloudy sky area if you fly off the top of the screen. They can be visited via jet pack at the top of every single above-ground screen. Some of these areas contain {{Easter Egg}}s. |
61 | * LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: it's a low-resolution game that requires ''several seconds'' of loading whenever you enter a new area, on contemporary dual-core gigahertz machines. |
62 | %%* TheLostWoods |
63 | * JetPack: In practice, functions like an infinite DoubleJump. |
64 | * MediumAwareness: Everyone is apparently aware that this is a game. |
65 | * MisplacedWildlife: Pokey the cactus, first encountered in the middle of a forest. [[LampshadeHanging Jables asks him what he's doing there]], and he himself isn't sure. Later, Pokey shows up inside a volcano, and explains that he got there by digging. |
66 | * MissionControlIsOffItsMeds: The creator's description of the game calls it "an adventure filled with ... useless advice..." and he's not kidding. Squiddy thinks Jables couldn't ''jump'' before meeting him; he tries to teach Jables how to break blocks with his mind; and some of his useful facts about fruit are complete nonsense. |
67 | * MortonsFork: Employed by Rutherford Goldbeard. First he thinks Jables is a cattle rustler, who therefore needs to die. When Jables convinces him he's ''not'' there for any cattle, Rutherford concludes Jables has been possessed by a brain squid--and Rutherford's brain-squid-removal procedure is no less lethal than his anti-cattle-rustler measures. |
68 | * MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast: After gaining the strawberry, Jables spontaneously sings the ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake'' theme song, which calms the SCUBA bear's rage. |
69 | * NighInvulnerable: Pokey the cactus is "over 9000% fireproof". |
70 | * OffscreenVillainy: While King Squid claims to have a villainous scheme, no details are ever revealed. As far as we can tell, the scheme may have consisted of nothing more than declaring himself the villain and waiting for a hero to come fight him. |
71 | * OnlySaneMan: King Squid |
72 | * OxygenMeter: It depletes quickly enough that you can't really do ''anything'' underwater until you get the SCUBA gear. |
73 | * ScarsAreForever, GoodScarsEvilScars: King Squid boasts a pretty badass scar over his left eye. |
74 | * SchmuckBait: The mermaid gives you useless things to make you go away, eventually culminating with, "Listen, if I tell you a secret, will you leave me alone? ... If you pester the mermaid too much, you're gonna have a bad time." [[spoiler:If you talk to her again, she says "I warned you," and kills you instantly.]] |
75 | * SorryILeftTheBGMOn: Turns out it comes from a panda and a dude in a duck mask playing instruments in the sky. |
76 | * TalkativeLoon: The mushrooms. |
77 | * UndergroundLevel: Two different cave systems. |
78 | * UndergroundMonkey: {{Palette Swap}}ped versions of the slimes appear in darn near every area. On the other hand, the normal bear, SCUBA bear, and flamethrower bear are all unique sprites. |
79 | * UnderTheSea |
80 | * YeahShot: ''High five!'' IrisOut. Roll credits. |
81 | * YouHaveResearchedBreathing: |
82 | -->'''Squiddy:''' I will now bestow on you the power to jump. Press [Z] to clear that gap!\ |
83 | ''[jump]''\ |
84 | '''Jables:''' I could already do that.\ |
85 | '''Squiddy:''' Oh. Good for you then. |
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