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In addition to the above, there is the standalone ''Drawful 2'' [[note]]3-8 players. Adds the ability to use two colors, censor answers that players may find offensive, and create your own prompts.[[/note]], and a standalone version of ''Fibbage XL'' and ''Quiplash''.

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In addition to the above, there is the standalone ''Drawful 2'' [[note]]3-8 players. Adds the ability to use two colors, censor answers that players may find offensive, and create your own prompts.[[/note]], and a standalone version of ''Fibbage XL'' and ''Quiplash''.
''Quiplash''. There's also ''Jackbox Naughty Pack'', an upcoming spin-off of sorts with three games designed explicitly for adult audiences.


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** The upcoming ''Jackbox Naughty Pack'' is explicitly designed with this audience in mind. Jackbox themselves have stated that the game will be the company's first to target an [[MatureRating "M for Mature" rating]], and even noted the following:
---> Also, we heard what some of you were doing with our games. And we thought, sure, why not?
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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Some of the monsters in ''Monster Seeking Monster'' include a {{mummy}}, zombie, vampire, and ''mother''.
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** ''Party Pack 4'': ''Fibbage 3'' is a 70's vinyl record cover, ''Monster Seeking Monster'' is a wooden coffin, ''Survive the Internet'' is a CD-Rom in its jewel case, ''Civic Doodle'' is a spray paint set, and ''Bracketeering'' is a UsefulNotes/Nintendo64-esque game cartridge.
** ''Party Pack 5'': ''Split the Room'' is an old analogue TV, ''Mad Verse City'' is a toy robot package, ''Patently Stupid'' is a service poster with stubs where the phone number goes and ''Zeeple Dome'' resembles the box of an UsefulNotes/Atari2600 game from Creator/{{Activision}}. ''YDKJ: Full Stream'' is instead represented by ''You Don't Know Jack's'' bald head logo in a space helmet.

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** ''Party Pack 4'': ''Fibbage 3'' is a 70's vinyl record cover, ''Monster Seeking Monster'' is a wooden coffin, ''Survive the Internet'' is a CD-Rom in its jewel case, ''Civic Doodle'' is a spray paint set, and ''Bracketeering'' is a UsefulNotes/Nintendo64-esque Platform/Nintendo64-esque game cartridge.
** ''Party Pack 5'': ''Split the Room'' is an old analogue TV, ''Mad Verse City'' is a toy robot package, ''Patently Stupid'' is a service poster with stubs where the phone number goes and ''Zeeple Dome'' resembles the box of an UsefulNotes/Atari2600 Platform/Atari2600 game from Creator/{{Activision}}. ''YDKJ: Full Stream'' is instead represented by ''You Don't Know Jack's'' bald head logo in a space helmet.



** The titles on M. Bubbles' slideshow are written in [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Microsoft Word's WordArt]].

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** The titles on M. Bubbles' slideshow are written in [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows [[Platform/MicrosoftWindows Microsoft Word's WordArt]].
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* AntiFrustrationFeatures: If a team doesn't win a torch in the first round, they get a free torch for the final round.
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* EverybodyLives: It's possible for the game to end in a tie, with the result that both teams will escape the dungeon (much to Laverne's disappointment).
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* FreezeFrameBonus: Billy O'Brien appears very quickly in the game intro as the camera pans down.
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* HypnoticHead: The host is a disembodied pair of eyes laid over a swirling background and paired with a deep, theatrical voice.
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* TheCameo: Occasionally in the background, the mouse trap near the time machine will have the Jester from ''Trivia Murder Party 2'' caught, a reference to one of the death "animations" in that game where the Jester doll in real-life is placed on the mouse trap.
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* EyelashFluttering: The male curly-haired human disguise will react to getting a match by putting his finger to his lips and batting his eyes coyly. The eye batting is humorously accompanied by a "boing, boing" sound effect.
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* CreepyMonotone: Mayonnaise talks in this voice when everyone chooses “ speaks only in monotone” in a Decisive Dimension Question.
-->'''Mayonnaise:''' I don’t think you thought this through.

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* TheSixties: The game's style pays homage to the animation of the era, with colorful, stylized Creator/HannaBarbera-esque [[LimitedAnimation animation]], a cheesy SurfRock soundtrack, and an abundance of {{Wacky Sound Effect}}s.


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* MismatchedAtomicExpressionism: The game's art style, which uses colorful, stylized Creator/HannaBarbera-esque [[LimitedAnimation animation]], a cheesy SurfRock soundtrack, and an abundance of {{Wacky Sound Effect}}s.
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** Mayonnaise is doing the same pose in his artwork for ''Tee K.O. 2'' as Incineroar in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''.
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* EasyModeMockery: The autofill button is much more mocking than that of the other games, giving players raps that are nonsensical at best and self-deprecating at worst. Examples include

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* EasyModeMockery: The autofill button is much more mocking than that of the other games, giving players raps that are nonsensical at best and self-deprecating at worst. Examples includelines, such as:
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* EasyModeMockery: The autofill button is much more mocking than that of the other games, giving players raps that are nonsensical at best and self-deprecating at worst. Examples include
--> "It was nice of them to write this line for me."
--> "I'm not too lazy to rhyme, I'm just unmotivated."
--> "I hope the last line rhymed with 'rutabaga'."

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** One possible quip in the newspaper for the Uncle Clive's Time Bomb bad ending is "Where's The Bomb Corp!?"



* GoshDarnItToHeck: Lord Tippet ''doesn't swear''. Most expletives, he will substitute, usually with an UnusualEuphemism. On occasion, he will say "oh ruddy hell" when the lights go out after the cases, but even then it's an obvious substitution for "bloody hell".



* UnusualEuphemism: When the murders have been committed, Lord Tippet will exclaim in shock, using phrases such as "BILBO BAGGINS!", [[spoiler: Although on occasion, [[DullSurprise he will calmly say "Oh good God."]] in reaction to the murders]]

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* UnusualEuphemism: When the murders have been committed, Lord Tippet will exclaim in shock, using phrases such as "BILBO BAGGINS!", [[spoiler: Although on occasion, [[DullSurprise he will calmly say "Oh good God."]] in reaction to the murders]]murders.]]
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--> '''Jerri Riggs:''' Well, that's between you two. Drama!

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* EatenAlive: If the entire group fails to garner a rating of five stars, the plant proceeds to eat the group.
* FauxDocumentary: The narrator acts as if the game itself is a documentary.


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* RhythmGame: A unique take on a rhythm game, this game requires everyone to sync up at the start in order to address potential latency issues if streaming over the internet.
* SillyAnimalSound: Should the group fail to feed the plant sufficently enough, they all make chicken noises before they become the plant's meal.
* WackySoundEffect: Many instruments the players can choose are often bizarre or comedical at best.

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