The Adventures of Hyperman is an educational computer game published in 1995. The story involves a big green blob named Entrobe and his sidekick, Kidd Chaos, escaping from an intergalactic containment warp due to a mathematical meteor, accidentally created by a young scientist named Emma C. Squared who was trying to crack the ultimate unifying theory, breaking through. With Entrobe escaping unto Earth, the noble but questionably competent Hyperman is sent to stop Entrobe and trap him once more. This is a point-and-click adventure game that's fondly remembered by most people who owned the IBM Aptiva computer which came bundled with The Adventures of Hyperman.
The game was turned into a cartoon series that aired Saturday mornings on CBS and only lasted 13 episodes before it was canned. Until 2021
, no episodes had ever been recovered, nor given any official release.
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- Bad Luck Charm: Invoked by Entrobe when he says Kidd Chaos is bad luck (See Contrived Coincidence below).
- Chekhov's Volcano: Averted, unless...
- Contrived Coincidence: Kidd Chaos says the reason bad things happen to him and Entrobe when he's around is because it's a coincidence.
- Convection, Schmonvection: The lava Entrobe and Chaos try to surf on doesn't affect them.
- Fish out of Water: It is said that Hyperman doesn't know a thing about Earth.
- Incredibly Obvious Bomb: Entrobe tries to make a volcano erupt with one of these.
- Light and Mirrors Puzzle: With the Optical Reflection Controller to melt ice that has a key item.
- Planimal: The Terminator; a tree-eating mutation of a termite and a daisy made by Entrobe's "Giant Hideous Friend" DNA.
- Plot Coupon: You have to collect certain things that Entrobe likes and put them in the Intergalactic Containment Warp to lure him.
- Lured into a Trap: How Hyperman plans to trap Entrobe.
- Monster Arena: The Coliseum, where you had your beast fight against Entrobe's beast, The Terminator.
- Nonstandard Game Over: If you fail your objective, there's a different clip of Entrobe succeeding depending on what part you're on.
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The Other Darrin: Entrobe sounds different in the game's ending. - Point-and-Click Game
- Planet Looters: One of Entrobe's intentions.
- Shrink Ray: Accidentally used by Emma when she tried to enlarge herself.
- Tailor-Made Prison: The "Intergalactic Containment Warp".
- Age Lift: Emma is given this treatment, complete with a markedly different design.
- Aliens Speaking English
- Acrofatic: Entrobe can surf surprisingly well for his size.
- The Big Bad: Entrobe
- Catchphrase: Hyperman: TIME TO GO HYPER!
- Da Chief: Hyperboss questions how Hyperman even got on the force.
- Deathbringer the Adorable: Chaos looks and acts like a little boy despite his name.
- Deadpan Snarker: Emma has her moments, usually in response to all the goofy things Hyperman gets into.
- The Dragon: Chaos
- Elmuh Fudd Syndwome: Kidd Chaos pronounces "Entrobe" as "Entwobe"
- Fat Bastard: Entrobe
- Good Is Dumb: Hyperman's as noble as they come, but he's not exactly the brightest tool in the shed, often finding himself having to rely on Emma to solve the most basic of conundrums or anything even remotely related to science.
- Hotter and Sexier: Emma goes from mousy grade-schooler to an attractive, midriff-baring young woman in this series thanks to her Age Lift.
- Lampshade Hanging
- Lantern Jaw of Justice: Hyperman has a proportional chin to say the least.
- Large Ham: Hyperman and Entrobe.
- Punny Name: Emma C. Squared's name is a play on Einstein's formula, E=mc2.
- Security Blanket: Entrobe's "Teddy"
- Teen Genius: Emma. Entrobe even called her this.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Entrobe loves natural gas.
- Verbal Tic: Hyperman's exaggerated Gasp!.
- Sycophantic Servant: Chaos to Entrobe.
- Time to go Hyper!
