∇
troperville

∇
tools

∇
toys

SubpagesMain
VideoGame
YMMV

main index

Narrative

Genre

Media

Topical Tropes

Other Categories

new edits	workshops	reviews	YKTTW	tweets	random
to do	pm	add watch	drop watch	watchlist	profile

Subpages:

Video Game: Stay Tooned

Stay Tooned is a 1996 video game by Funnybone Interactive and published by Sierra Entertainment, featuring various cartoon characters that have escaped the TV World thanks to a magical remote. It is the player's goal to collect the keys to send them back using said remote, but unfortunately it has been hidden deep inside the apartment complex the character resides in.

It is notable for being a particularly random video game, with many, many cutscenes.

This game provides examples of:

Author Avatar: The game's computer programmer appears in the game and even gives you some advice at the beginning of the game while you're channel surfing.
Barefoot Cartoon Animals
Drone Jam: There are several characters (that are chosen at random) that will block you from reaching the fifth floor and entering Mrs. Findley's room respectively until you do something for them.
Everything Trying to Kill You: Not trying to kill you per se, but there are several toons that enjoy causing mischief with you as the intended target.
First-Person Shooter: Zapping the toons near the end of the game.
Five-Bad Band:
- Big Bad: Pixel.
- The Dragon: Chisel.
- The Brute: Schmooze.
- The Evil Genius: Scroop
- The Dark Chick: Fiddle.
Getting Crap Pastthe Radar: In Pixel and Chisel's theme song.
Loads and Loads of Characters
Mad Libs Dialogue: Used in the Mortal Kombat parody Kartoon Kombat.
Announcer: Tai Chi Chisel! Versus! Kung Fu Frank! *evil laugh*
Plot Device: The remote is the only thing that can get the toons back into the television set. Naturally, it's hidden well, although there are quite a few hints that can help the player find it.
Shout Out: Several, such as Kartoon Kombat, Whinefeld, and Schleopardy.
Unrequited Love: Schmooze can never get Pixel to like him even though he's smitten with her.
What Happened to the Mouse??: It's never explained what happens to the toons that are not required for the player to zap back inside the television set, although it's possible that that they were zapped into the television set as well offscreen.