History VideoGame / AmateurSurgeon

* MadDoctor: Alan is pretty much a good guy version of this by the second game.

* AssistCharacter: The third game features Tag Team Partners, who can grant various abilities, such as healing the patient for a set amount of health, stopping time and even bringing the patient back to life with voodoo magic.

* [[spoiler: EnemyMine]]: [[spoiler: Occurs early on in 4, which Bleed 2.0 and Fake Hubris must find a cure for "Clone Disease"]].

** FourthWallObserver: Alan becomes this in the third game, generally when it comes to the concept of DLC stages.

''Amateur Surgeon'' is a series of medical based action puzzle games on [[Creator/AdultSwim Adult Swim]].com (or to put it simply, ''Videogame/TraumaCenter'' with idiots). The series centers around former pizza boy Alan Probe and his life after discovering the world of surgery. The games provide plenty of examples of morbid, gross-out humor with a unique difficulty curve. The series goes for more scatological and dark humor, easily seen with Alan's arsenal of improvised medical tools. The most iconic is a pizza slicer he uses as a scalpel. The third game is available for mobile devices and deals with Alan's apprentice, Ophelia Payne. There's also a Facebook game focusing on running one of Alan's "Bleed Everywhere" clinics. The 4th game, titled "Regeneration" has you play as a clone of Bleed, who must reintroduce "Improvised Surgery" into the world and [[spoiler: teaming up with [[EnemyMine a clone of Hubris]]]] to try to cure "Clone disease".

* EarnYourHappyEnding: After being put through decades of misery by [[spoiler:Dwayne Pipe]], Alan's manages to rebuild his reputation and reconnect with his family.

''Amateur Surgeon'' is a series of medical based action puzzle games on [[Creator/AdultSwim Adult Swim]].com (or to put it simply, ''Videogame/TraumaCenter'' with idiots). The series centers around former pizza boy Alan Probe and his life after discovering the world of surgery. The games provide plenty of examples of morbid, gross-out humor with a unique difficulty curve. The series goes for more scatological and dark humor, easily seen with Alan's arsenal of improvised medical tools. The most iconic is a pizza slicer he uses as a scalpel. The third game is available for mobile devices and deals with Alan's apprentice, Ophelia Payne. There's also a Facebook game focusing on running one of Alan's "Bleed Everywhere" clinics. The 4th game, titled "Regeneration" has you play as a clone of Bleed, who must reintroduce "Improvised Surgery" into the world and [[spoiler: teaming up with [[[[EnemyMine a clone of Hubris]] to try to cure "Clone disease".

* MeatGrinderSurgery: The Game.

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The Plot of the 4th Game.

** [[spoiler: Hubris, Dwayne's Clone-Son...Thing, [[LikeFatherLikeSon takes Dwaynes place from 3 onward]].

''Amateur Surgeon'' is a series of medical based action puzzle games on [[Creator/AdultSwim Adult Swim]].com (or to put it simply, ''Videogame/TraumaCenter'' with idiots). The series centers around former pizza boy Alan Probe and his life after discovering the world of surgery. The games provide plenty of examples of morbid, gross-out humor with a unique difficulty curve. The series goes for more scatological and dark humor, easily seen with Alan's arsenal of improvised medical tools. The most iconic is a pizza slicer he uses as a scalpel. The third game is available for mobile devices and deals with Alan's apprentice, Ophelia Payne. There's also a Facebook game focusing on running one of Alan's "Bleed Everywhere" clinics. The 4th game, titled "Regeneration" has you play as a clone of Bleed, who must reintroduce "Improvised Surgery" into the world.

* SequelDifficultyDrop: Amateur Surgeon 2 is considerably easier than its predecessors, particularly when going for a high score as [[ScoreMultiplier combos]] are much easier to keep up. Though this is {{Subverted}} for the Mystery Boss, which rquires you to [[GimmickLevel use a flashlight as opposed to seeing everything at once]]. '''OH''', and in the mobile port, the light moves when you '''[[ScrappyMechanic tilt the device]]'''.

* SequelDifficultyDrop: Amateur Surgeon 2 is considerably easier than its predecessors, particularly when going for a high score as [[ScoreMultiplier combos]] are much easier to keep up. Though this is {{Subverted}} in the mobile Port, which changes [[GimmickLevel Flashlight Level]] so that the light moves when you '''[[ScrappyMechanic tilt the device]]'''.

* SequelDifficultyDrop: Amateur Surgeon 2 is considerably easier than its predecessors, particularly when going for a high score as [[ScoreMultiplier combos]] are much easier to keep up.

''Amateur Surgeon'' is a series of medical based action puzzle games on [[Creator/AdultSwim Adult Swim]].com (or to put it simply, ''Videogame/TraumaCenter'' with idiots). The series centers around former pizza boy Alan Probe and his life after discovering the world of surgery. The games provide plenty of examples of morbid, gross-out humor with a unique difficulty curve. The series goes for more scatological and dark humor, easily seen with Alan's arsenal of improvised medical tools. The most iconic is a pizza slicer he uses as a scalpel. The third game is available for mobile devices and deals with Alan's apprentice, Ophelia Payne. There's also a Facebook game focusing on running one of Alan's "Bleed Everywhere" clinics.

* RunningGag: Alan seems to have problems when it comes to dealing with exterminating bugs. [[spoiler: Especially when it comes to Dwaine's bugs.]]

* VigilanteMan: The end of the 2nd part and most of the 3rd part of the first game have Alan patching up characters from earlier in the game, who this time are the victims of a rampaging vigilante [[spoiler: who's parents turn out to be among the people who died in the Old Hospital fiasco.]]

** The [[BonusBoss Bonus Bosses]] in the first game are pretty much walking Shout Outs, from ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' to ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' to ''Film/ShortCircuit''.

** The [[BonusBoss Bonus Bosses]] in the first game are pretty much walking Shout Outs, from ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' to ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' to ''Film/ShortCircuit''.

** Also, [[spoiler:Ophelia of the third game reveals herself to be Dr. Bleed's great-grandniece.]]

* OnlySaneMan: Ophelia in the third game. While Alan generally doesn't ask any questions and comes off as barely smarter about his patients, Ophelia is constantly shocked and amazed by the situations they get themselves into and is quick to call them out on their stupidity/insanity.

* OnlySaneMan: Ophelia in the third game. While Alan generally doesn't ask any questions about his patients, Ophelia is constantly shocked and amazed by the situations they get themselves into and is quick to call them out on their stupidity/insanity.

''Amateur Surgeon'' is a series of medical based action puzzle games on [[Creator/AdultSwim Adult Swim]].com (or to put it simply, ''Videogame/TraumaCenter'' with idiots). The series centers around former pizza boy Alan Probe and his life after discovering the world of surgery. The games provide plenty of examples of morbid, gross-out humor with a unique difficulty curve. The series goes for more scatological and dark humor, easily seen with Alan's arsenal of improvised medical tools. The most iconic is a pizza slicer he uses as a scalpel.

* {{Back Alley Doctor}}: The premise for the whole shabang. And we should also mention Back Warehouse Doctor, Back Old Folks Home Bathroom Doctor, Back Chicken Coop Doctor, Back North Pole Doctor... the one time Alan performs onscreen in a hospital it's an ''{{Abandoned Hospital}}!''

* FramingDevice: The third game's story is Ophelia and Alan telling the players the events of the past few weeks.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In the sequel, Alan tells Bradley that they made a video game about him at the height of his fame. Bradley's played it, but laments that he never got the hang of the corkscrew and hopes that if a sequel is ever made they replace it with "something less awful." Then they both wordlessly look at the player. This is followed almost immediately by the level that introduces the syringe, which replaces the corkscrew.

* MeatGrinderSurgery

* NoDamageRun: Required in file 2, patient 8 (Karl) of the original game (once you get inside him). Karl is a coffee addict, and as a result, his heart rate gets faster as time passes, rather than slower. You have to remove the coffee beans and drain (and suction out) the poison to stabilize his heart rate, then heal all the cuts you had to make. Dr. Bleed warns that the slightest injury (that means ''any'' unnecessary damage) will kill Karl. He also dies if you let his heart rate get to 200. Add that to the fact that each patient is a TimedMission anyway, and you've got yourself a NintendoHard level.

* {{Open Heart Dentistry}}: Alan is the only source for criminals to get medical care, ranging from lacerations to poisonings. With the occasional extreme body piercing and mechanical restoration.
* {{Significant Anagram}}: Flip the ''lan'' in Alan's name and you get... well, at least it's not called ''Amateur Proctologist.''

* {{Saving Christmas}}: The plot of the Christmas Edition game. Alan goes to save christmas after ''he utterly decimated it!'' (see Turbine Blender below). After crashing his private jet into the North Pole Alan sets about pulling christmas lights out of an elf, reanimating a reindeer carcass with candy canes and coat hangers, and patching up Santa with wrapping paper.

* {{Turbine Blender}}: In the introduction of the Christmas Edition (a sendup of the intro to the first game) Alan Probe, flying his private jet distractedly while reading an article about his rise to fame, collides with Santa's Sleigh. One of the reindeer is sucked into the turbines and shredded, causing Alan's jet to crash into Santa's Workshop.

* {{Heal It With Fire}}: One of Alan's tools is a lighter, a respectable cauterization method. Yet this also repairs bones, cuts in vital organs, and metal. The guy is a frickin' genius.

* MadDoctor: Alan is pretty much a good guy version of this by the second game.

* MustHaveCaffeine: Karl of Case 2, Patient #8 suffers from this. Unforunately, this makes the requirements for beating the level to NintendoHard levels. See NoDamageRun.

* OnlySaneMan: Ophelia in the third game.

* RunningGag: Alan seems to have problems when it comes to dealing with exterminanting bugs. [[spoiler: Especially when it comes to Dwaine's bugs.]]

* NoDamageRun: Required in file 2, patient 8 (Karl) of the original game (once you get inside him). Karl is a coffee addict, and as a result, his heart rate gets faster as time passes, rather than slower. You have to remove the coffee beans and drain (and suction out) the poison to stabilize his heart rate, then heal all the cuts you had to make. Dr. Bleed warns that the slightest injury (that means ''any'' unnecessary damage) will kill Karl. He also dies if you let his heart rate get to 200. Add that to the fact that each patient is a TimedMission anyway, and you've got yourself a NintendoHard level.

* ScreamsLikeAGirl: Alan, in both the first game and the Christmas Edition. Ironically, both situations happen to involve driving a vehicle and running someone over while reading a surgery magazine.

* BigBad: [[spoiler: Dwaine Pipe, responsible, direct or indirect, of most of all the bad things which happen to Alan Probe]]

* WarmupBoss: Dr. Bleed in the first game, Tommy Gracefuls in the second, and Mr. Giblets in the third.

** NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: You usually don't want to go to someone named Dr. Probe... And his [[TheMentor Mentor]] is called Dr. Bleed, of all the people. The name of his clinic? "Bleed Everywhere"