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* SpellingBonus: K-I-C-K relights the Kickback.
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* SmartJerkAndNiceMoron: Buzz is the Jerk, Bud is the Moron.
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* PetTheDog: If you trigger the Ball Save, Bud will yell "This one's on us!" as your ball is returned to the plunger.
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* ObviousBeta: The software is riddled with bugs, many of the {{game breaking|Bug}} variety. Among the most notorious involve Multiball spazzing out after getting a Free Lock award and Bud permanently blocking a ramp in Ripoff Multiball, thus making the act of scoring a jackpot orders of magnitude more difficult.

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* OneUp: Extra Balls get enabled after either a scheduled number of holes are completed, after maxing out the bonus multiplier for the first (and only the first) time, and as a randomized award at the end of any one completed hole.



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%%* CartoonBomb* CartoonBomb: One of the random chances that can happen after you complete a hole is a challenge where Buzz will light a golf-ball-shaped bomb with a long wick, and Bud will toss it. If you manage to hit the captured pinball with enough force before the wick is all burned up, the bomb will detonate early, and you'll get points.



* TheComputerShallTauntYou: More like The Gophers Shall Taunt You in this case: draining the ball sometimes gets a quip from Buzz, and if you drain your last ball while you're one putting green away from getting a multiball, Buzz will even belt out an echoing EvilLaugh.



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* DisproportionateRetribution[=/=]ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The Cart Attack round, where the golfer uses the golf cart to ''launch missiles'' at Buzz.
* [[OneUp Extra Balls]]: Enabled after either a scheduled number of holes are completed, after maxing out the bonus multiplier for the first (and only the first) time, and as a randomized award at the end of any one completed hole.
* FishEyes: Bud has 'em.
* [[TheComputerShallTauntYou The Gophers Shall Taunt You]]
* GratuitousDiscoSequence[=/=]SummonBackupDancers: "Dance Party", where additional gophers appear and dance in sync with Bud and Buzz.

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* DisproportionateRetribution[=/=]ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: DialogDuringGameplay: Buzz and Bud will pop out of their holes and comment on what's happening pretty frequently--complaining about getting dizzy if you shoot the same ramp over and over, talking about capturing the ball when you lock a ball, etc.
* DisproportionateRetribution:
The Cart Attack round, where the golfer uses the golf cart to ''launch missiles'' at Buzz.
* [[OneUp Extra Balls]]: Enabled after either a scheduled number EnemyPosturing: A variation: almost any time the gophers are talking, they pop out of their holes are completed, after maxing out and prop up a ramp in doing so. While they're up, they're targets that you can hit for points, or even under the bonus multiplier right conditions to set yourself up for the first (and only the first) time, and as a randomized award at the end of any one completed hole.
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* FishEyes: Bud has 'em.
'em, in keeping with his ditzier characterization.
* [[TheComputerShallTauntYou The Gophers Shall Taunt You]]
* GratuitousDiscoSequence[=/=]SummonBackupDancers:
GratuitousDiscoSequence: "Dance Party", Party" is one of the rewards you can get for completing a hole, where additional gophers appear and dance in sync with Bud and Buzz.



* MadLibsDialogue: Like Rudy in ''Pinball/FunHouse1990'', Buzz will address each player by a different nickname, like "hacker" or "clubfoot".

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* MadLibsDialogue: Like Rudy in ''Pinball/FunHouse1990'', Buzz will address each player by a different nickname, like "hacker" "hacker", "spud", or "clubfoot".



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* PinballScoring PinballScoring: as is usual for pinball tables, you'd almost have to try ''not'' to get points in order to avoid ending up with a score with at least seven digits!



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* StuffBlowingUpStuffBlowingUp: Let's see: shooting the center ramp can hit the gophers with dynamite, gophers sometimes fight back by throwing a CartoonBomb disguised as a golf ball, and [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill you can even shoot missiles at the gophers]] in some cases!
* SummonBackupDancers: Interestingly enough, ''you'' summon them during the Dance Party hole completion reward by shooting the right ramps. The more dancing gophers join the dance party before it ends, the more points you get.



* ThoseTwoGuys: Bud and Buzz.

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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Dynamite and ''missiles'' are among the things the player can throw at the gophers. Of course, considering how [[AshFace cartoonish]] the results are, "kill" may not be exactly the right term...
* ThoseTwoGuys: Bud and Buzz.Buzz have plenty of back-and-forth and provide plenty of comic relief.
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** Successfully starting it back up will prompt Buzz to say, "Oh, no!" - just like Rudy does in the same context in ''Pinball/FunHouse''.

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** Successfully starting it back up will prompt Buzz to say, "Oh, no!" - just like Rudy does in the same context in ''Pinball/FunHouse''.''Pinball/FunHouse1990''.



* MadLibsDialogue: Like Rudy in ''Pinball/FunHouse'', Buzz will address each player by a different nickname, like "hacker" or "clubfoot".

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* MadLibsDialogue: Like Rudy in ''Pinball/FunHouse'', ''Pinball/FunHouse1990'', Buzz will address each player by a different nickname, like "hacker" or "clubfoot".
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Being a Creator/PatLawlor table, ''No Good Gofers'' [[SignatureStyle shares many features from his previous tables]]: There's a third flipper that leads to a high-scoring jackpot shot; a set of dual inlanes leading to the lower left flipper; his standard soft-plunge skill shot; and a whirl-wheel that can alter ball direction. As with ''Pinball/MedievalMadness'', Chicago's Second City comedy trope helped with the writing and voices.

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Being a Creator/PatLawlor table, ''No Good Gofers'' [[SignatureStyle shares many features from his previous tables]]: There's a third flipper that leads to a high-scoring jackpot shot; a set of dual inlanes leading to the lower left flipper; his standard soft-plunge skill shot; and a whirl-wheel that can alter ball direction. As with ''Pinball/MedievalMadness'', Chicago's Second City comedy trope troupe helped with the writing and voices.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Some believe that Bud's name and [[TheStoner stoned-out behavior]] is a veiled marijuana reference.

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* LavaAddsAwesome: When you sink a Hole-In-One, an animation plays of a volcano inexplicably erupting from underneath a hole on the course.
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** Fail to get any Cart Attack rewards:
--> '''Buzz:''' [[Pinball/Terminator2JudgmentDay "You missed everything!"]]
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[[caption-width-right:310:You're on our turf now!]]

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[[caption-width-right:310:You're [[caption-width-right:310:"You're on our ''our'' turf now!]]now!"]]

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* {{Jerkass}}: Buzz, full stop.

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* ImprobableAimingSkills: Bank the ball off the Cart and into the Hole in One for unique commentary.
-->'''Buzz:''' "What kind of shot was ''THAT''?!"
* {{Jerkass}}: Buzz, full stop. Even after complimenting you for making a Hole in One, he'll find a way to catch you off guard.
-->'''Buzz:''' "Here, eat this!"
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Digital versions of ''No Good Gofers'' are available in ''Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection'' for Xbox 360 and PS3, and as a downloadable table for [=FarSight=] Studios' ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' until their license for all Williams and Bally tables expired on July 1, 2018. It later reappeared in ''[[VideoGame/ZenPinball Pinball FX 3]]'' as part of Volume 5.

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Digital versions of ''No Good Gofers'' are available in ''Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection'' for Xbox 360 and PS3, [=PS3=], and as a downloadable table for [=FarSight=] Studios' ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' until their license for all Williams and Bally tables expired on July 1, 2018. It later reappeared in ''[[VideoGame/ZenPinball Pinball FX 3]]'' as part of Volume 5.

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* [[TakeThatAudience Take That Player]]: '''LOTS,''' constantly.

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* [[TakeThatAudience Take That Player]]: TakeThatAudience: '''LOTS,''' constantly.



* ThoseTwoGuys[=/=]ThoseTwoBadGuys: Bud and Buzz.

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* ThoseTwoGuys[=/=]ThoseTwoBadGuys: ThoseTwoGuys: Bud and Buzz.

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* ScrewySquirrel: Bud and Buzz.
-->'''Buzz:''' "JACKPOT! ...''not!''"



* ShutUpHannibal[=/=][[TalkToTheFist Talk to the Ball]]: Any time the gophers pop up, especially if you miss a ramp, and they mock you. You can hit them as they taunt to quickly shut em up for a dose of literal LaserGuidedKarma.

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* ShutUpHannibal[=/=][[TalkToTheFist Talk to the Ball]]: ShutUpHannibal: Any time the gophers pop up, especially if you miss a ramp, and they mock you. You can hit them as they taunt to quickly shut em up for a dose of literal LaserGuidedKarma.

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''No Good Gofers'' was available as a downloadable table for [=FarSight=] Studios' ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' until their license for all Williams and Bally tables expired on July 1, 2018. Not to be confused with Gottlieb's own golf-themed table ''Pinball/TeedOff''.

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Digital versions of ''No Good Gofers'' was are available in ''Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection'' for Xbox 360 and PS3, and as a downloadable table for [=FarSight=] Studios' ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' until their license for all Williams and Bally tables expired on July 1, 2018. It later reappeared in ''[[VideoGame/ZenPinball Pinball FX 3]]'' as part of Volume 5.

Not to be confused with Gottlieb's own golf-themed table ''Pinball/TeedOff''.
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* AngryEyebrows[=/=]EvilEyebrows: Just look at Buzz up there.

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* AngryEyebrows[=/=]EvilEyebrows: Just look at AngryEyebrows: Buzz up there.has prominent eyebrows and is always cross towards the player.



* AnnouncerChatter

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* AnnouncerChatterAnnouncerChatter: Courtesy of Bud and Buzz.



* BrooklynRage: Buzz

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* BrooklynRage: BuzzBuzz has a mild Brooklyn accent and is constantly acerbic towards the player.



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* CartoonBombCompanyCrossReferences:
** Two exchanges with these occur when two balls drain before scoring a jackpot in multiball. The first attempt (''Pinball/{{Whirlwind}}''):
---> '''Bud:''' "Now, head for the cellar!"
---> '''Buzz:''' "You're in the wrong game, idiot!"
** Second (''Pinball/{{Earthshaker}}''):
---> '''Bud:''' "Everybody, head underground now!"
---> '''Buzz:''' "Now you're ''really'' in the wrong game!"
** Successfully starting it back up will prompt Buzz to say, "Oh, no!" - just like Rudy does in the same context in ''Pinball/FunHouse''.
** Spinning the wheel will cause Bud to announce "Round and round she goes!", a ShoutOut to ''Pinball/{{Cyclone}}''.
** Light the Captive Ball for Ripoff Multiball to get this quote:
---> '''Buzz:''' [[Pinball/TheAddamsFamily "Now you've done it!"]]



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** Buzz calls out Bud for quoting ''Pinball/{{Whirlwind}}'' and ''Pinball/{{Earthshaker}}'', as shown below.

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** Buzz calls out Bud for quoting ''Pinball/{{Whirlwind}}'' and ''Pinball/{{Earthshaker}}'', as shown below.above.



* MythologyGag: Two exchanges with these occur when two balls drain before scoring a jackpot in multiball:
** The first attempt (''Pinball/{{Whirlwind}}''):
---> '''Bud:''' "Now, head for the cellar!"
---> '''Buzz:''' "You're in the wrong game, idiot!"
** Second (''Pinball/{{Earthshaker}}''):
---> '''Bud:''' "Everybody, head underground now!"
---> '''Buzz:''' "Now you're ''really'' in the wrong game!"
** Successfully starting it back up will prompt Buzz to say, "[[Pinball/FunHouse Oh, no!]]"
** Spinning the wheel will cause Bud to announce "Round and round she goes!", a ShoutOut to ''Pinball/{{Cyclone}}''.



* ShoutOut:
** It's hard not to think of ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'' while playing this. Especially considering you at one point use dynamite to blow up the gophers.
** Light the Captive Ball for Ripoff Multiball to get this quote:
---> '''Buzz:''' [[Pinball/TheAddamsFamily "Now you've done it!"]]

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* ShoutOut:
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ShoutOut: It's hard not to think of ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'' while playing this. Especially this - especially considering you at one point you use dynamite to blow up the gophers.
** Light the Captive Ball for Ripoff Multiball to get this quote:
---> '''Buzz:''' [[Pinball/TheAddamsFamily "Now you've done it!"]]
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* ScoreMultiplier:
** One of the random Gofer's Choice awards is "Double Skill" or "Triple Skill", which [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin doubles or triples the soft-plunge skill shot value]]. Since this award comes from Buzz, he's not above trying to mess with the player's aim.

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* ScoreMultiplier:
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ScoreMultiplier: One of the random Gofer's Choice awards is "Double Skill" or "Triple Skill", which [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin doubles or triples the soft-plunge skill shot value]]. Since this award comes from Buzz, he's not above trying to mess with the player's aim.



* ShoutOut: It's hard not to think of ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'' while playing this. Especially considering you at one point use dynamite to blow up the gophers.

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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It's hard not to think of ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'' while playing this. Especially considering you at one point use dynamite to blow up the gophers.



* VitriolicBestBuds: Bud and Buzz aren't above taunting each other from time to time.
** To the point where they'll tell the player to ''hit the other gopher'' if they get whacked by a golf ball.

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* VitriolicBestBuds: Bud and Buzz aren't above taunting each other from time to time.
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time, to the point where they'll tell the player to ''hit the other gopher'' if they get one gets whacked by a golf ball.
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-->'''Buzz:''' "[[TakeThatPlayer This must be embarrassing for you!]]"

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-->'''Buzz:''' "[[TakeThatPlayer "[[TakeThatAudience This must be embarrassing for you!]]"
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* TakeThatPlayer: '''LOTS,''' constantly.

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* TakeThatPlayer: [[TakeThatAudience Take That Player]]: '''LOTS,''' constantly.
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''No Good Gofers'' is available as a downloadable table for [=FarSight=] Studios' ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade''.

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''No Good Gofers'' is was available as a downloadable table for [=FarSight=] Studios' ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade''.''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' until their license for all Williams and Bally tables expired on July 1, 2018. Not to be confused with Gottlieb's own golf-themed table ''Pinball/TeedOff''.

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* UnpredictableResults: The "Player's Choice" reward. The choices are shuffled so quickly, it's nearly impossible to consistently get the same award whenever it comes about.


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* UnpredictableResults: The "Player's Choice" reward. The choices are shuffled so quickly, it's nearly impossible to consistently get the same award whenever it comes about.

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