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* RoomFullOfCrazy: One room in the bar contains a makeshift laboratory Roger set up in his research to kill roaches, with a wall littered with schematics, disturbing notes, and ''dozens of paper eyes.''

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* RoomFullOfCrazy: One room in the bar side of Roger's apartment contains a makeshift laboratory Roger he'd set up in his research to kill roaches, with a wall littered with schematics, disturbing notes, and ''dozens of paper eyes.''
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* RoomFullOfCrazy: One room in the bar contains a makeshift laboratory Roger set up in his research to kill roaches, with a wall littered with schematics, disturbing notes, and '"dozens of paper eyes.''

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* RoomFullOfCrazy: One room in the bar contains a makeshift laboratory Roger set up in his research to kill roaches, with a wall littered with schematics, disturbing notes, and '"dozens ''dozens of paper eyes.''
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* RoomFullOfCrazy: One room in the bar contains a makeshift laboratory Roger set up in his research to kill roaches, with a wall littered with schematics, disturbing notes, and *dozens of paper eyes.*

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* RoomFullOfCrazy: One room in the bar contains a makeshift laboratory Roger set up in his research to kill roaches, with a wall littered with schematics, disturbing notes, and *dozens '"dozens of paper eyes.*''
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--> '''Post-it note:''' [[Madness Mantra ALL EYES ARE UPON ME ALL EYES ARE UPON ME ALL EYES ARE UPON ME]]

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--> '''Post-it note:''' [[Madness Mantra [[MadnessMantra ALL EYES ARE UPON ME ALL EYES ARE UPON ME ALL EYES ARE UPON ME]]
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* RoomFullOfCrazy: One room in the bar contains a makeshift laboratory Roger set up in his research to kill roaches, with a wall littered with schematics, disturbing notes, and *dozens of paper eyes.*
--> '''Post-it note:''' [[Madness Mantra ALL EYES ARE UPON ME ALL EYES ARE UPON ME ALL EYES ARE UPON ME]]

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%%* FullMotionVideo * FullMotionVideo: All of the cutscenes are live-action, though the gameplay is computer graphics.


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* SceneryGorn: The filthy, dilapidated surroundings Roger navigates through the game are depicted in great detail, and give the game a unique (and highly unsettling) atmosphere.
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* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors: Roger was put in one of these after his father [[spoiler:Eddie]] abandoned him.

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* LargeHam: Both Roger and Eddie ham it up every second they're on screen.

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* %%* LargeHam: Both Roger and Eddie ham it up every second they're on screen.
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* RealityEnsues: The sheer unhygienic and flat out hazardous state of the building? The bar has been shuttered by the city over the conditions.
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* TitleDrop: "Something crazy happened when I looked at that necklace, that strange locket that was supposed to be my mother's. A weird feeling, like a twisted spell. ''Bad mojo.''"
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Roger and Eddie [[spoiler: being father and son is pretty implausible. Some LampshadeHanging is given by Eddie trying to wrap his head around it right before the bar explodes. Though the flat out supernatural elements in play lessen it.]]


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* SpiritAdvisor: The Oracle provides a cryptic hint on how to progress through each stage of the game.

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* SongsInTheKeyOfPanic: Increasingly ominous music plays in the last act of the game, to indicate [[spoiler: the gas leak is about to reach the water heater's pilot light and burn down the bar.]]
* SpiritAdvisor: The Oracle provides a cryptic hint hints on how to progress through each stage of the game.

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->''All my life, I've felt helpless, cheated, stepped on. I was always the little man, the square peg, the forgotten one. But that night, everything was gonna change...''
-->'''Roger Samms''', Opening Narration



''Bad Mojo'' was a 1996 FMV game by Pulse Entertainment. In it, you play as a down-on-his-luck entomologist named Roger Samms. He lives in a seedy apartment and gets little to no respect from his landlord, Eddie Battito. As the game opens, Roger has embezzled money from a science loan and is preparing to skip town for Mexico City. However, as he is packing, Roger pulls out the locket he got from his deceased mother. The locket suddenly activates and unleashes bad mojo onto Roger, turning his soul into a cockroach. Now Roger must find out what's going on and how to reverse it, guided by a mysterious woman named Oracle within the locket.

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''Bad Mojo'' was a 1996 FMV game by Pulse Entertainment. In it, you play as a down-on-his-luck entomologist named Roger Samms. He lives in a seedy apartment in San Francisco and gets little to no respect from his landlord, Eddie Battito. As the game opens, Roger has embezzled money from a science loan and is preparing to skip town for Mexico City. However, as he is packing, Roger pulls out the locket he got from his deceased mother. The locket suddenly activates and unleashes bad mojo onto Roger, turning his soul into a cockroach. Now Roger must find out what's going on and how to reverse it, guided by a mysterious woman named Oracle within the locket.


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* ChekhovsGun: The lit cigarette Eddie leaves in the bathroom [[spoiler: is the key to getting the good ending; Roger needs to push it off the urinal and onto some paper towels, setting off the smoke alarm and waking Eddie up so he can get out of the bar before it goes up in flames.]]

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* CreepyCockroach: The entire point of the game.

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* CreepyCockroach: The entire point of the game.game is Roger trying to navigate the bar while transformed into a cockroach.



* DeathByChildbirth
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Well, you ''are'' a roach.

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* DeathByChildbirth
DeathByChildbirth: Roger's mother died when he was born. Eddie's wife similarly died when his estranged son was born. [[spoiler: That's a big hint that Roger and Eddie are related.]]
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Well, you ''are'' There are a roach.number of hazards to Roger's roach form, from predators to roach traps to various household objects.



* HeroicMime: Roger does plenty of talking as a human, but once he turns into a roach, he shuts up completely. After all, [[RealityEnsues roaches can't talk]].

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* HeroicMime: Roger does plenty of talking as a human, but once he turns into a roach, he shuts up completely. After all, [[RealityEnsues completely, since roaches can't talk]].talk.



* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Eddie is Roger's father and the Oracle whom helps Roger in the quest is actually their wife and mother, respectively.]]
* MacroZone: Of the normal setting[=/=]tiny character flavor.
* TheManyDeathsOfYou: A lot of ways to get killed in this game.

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* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Eddie is Roger's father father, and the Oracle whom who helps Roger in the quest is actually their Eddie's wife and mother, respectively.Roger's mother.]]
* MacroZone: Of the normal setting[=/=]tiny character flavor.
flavor; you're an ordinary man trapped in the body of a cockroach trying to navigate a seedy bar.
* TheManyDeathsOfYou: A There's a lot of ways to get killed in this game.game, including getting caught in a roach trap, getting eaten by rats, or burning to death.



* NightmareFuelColoringBook: One of Roger's childhood keepsakes is a drawing of himself as a baby stabbing his mother to death, signifying his guilt over her DeathByChildbirth.
* OrphansPlotTrinket: The amulet that Roger got from his late mother turns him into a cockroach, and ends up sending him on a quest [[spoiler: that potentially leads to him reuniting with and reconciling with his father.]]



* SpiritAdvisor: The Oracle
* StalkedByTheBell: In the final leg of the game, you only have a limited amount of time before [[spoiler:the bar explodes]].

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* SpiritAdvisor: The Oracle
Oracle provides a cryptic hint on how to progress through each stage of the game.
* StalkedByTheBell: In the final leg of the game, you only have a limited amount of time before [[spoiler:the bar explodes]].explodes from a gas leak catching fire]].



* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened to the Cat?]]: After you scare Franz away in Roger's room, you never see him again, not even in any of the endings. Considering [[spoiler:the bar explodes]] in every ending, it likely didn't end well for him.
* YouDirtyRat: They're always bad news, and you should steer clear of them. No matter ''how'' dead they look.

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* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened to the Cat?]]: WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After you scare Franz away in Roger's room, you never see him again, not even in any of the endings. Considering [[spoiler:the bar explodes]] in every ending, it likely didn't end well for him.
* YouDirtyRat: They're Rats are always bad news, and you should steer clear of them. No matter ''how'' dead they look.
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* CatsAreMean: The cat is actually not shown as mean. Roger treats it well, but when he has become a roach, it will try to ''eat'' it at any cost. And if it does, it will be shown as completely innocent. It's just an animal acting on instinct, after all.


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* CymbalBangingMonkey: One of Roger's old toys that he still has from his childhood, and one of the only things that his mother left for him. It also triggers a nasty memory where a nun from his orphanage called it ugly and laughed when he cried.
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A.K.A ''the roach game''.

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A.K.A ''the roach game''.
''The Roach Game''.
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* LargeHam: Both Roger and Eddie ham it up every second they're on screen.
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* StalkedByTheBell: In the final leg of the game.

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* StalkedByTheBell: In the final leg of the game.game, you only have a limited amount of time before [[spoiler:the bar explodes]].


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* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened to the Cat?]]: After you scare Franz away in Roger's room, you never see him again, not even in any of the endings. Considering [[spoiler:the bar explodes]] in every ending, it likely didn't end well for him.
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* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors: Roger was put in one of these after his father [[spoiler:Eddie]] abandoned him.
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* HeroicMime: Roger does plenty of talking as a human, but once he turns into a roach, he shuts up completely. After all, [[RealityEnsues roaches can't talk]].
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* MeaningfulName: Roger Samms / [[Literature/TheMetamorphosis Gregor Samsa]], anyone?

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* MeaningfulName: Roger Samms / [[Literature/TheMetamorphosis Samms[=/=][[Literature/TheMetamorphosis Gregor Samsa]], anyone?



* YouDirtyRat: They're always bad news, and you should steer clear of them. No matter *how* dead they look...

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* TrashOfTheTitans: The bar is absolutely ''filthy'', and because you're a roach, you get to see all of it [[GrossUpCloseUp in loving detail.]]
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* MeaningfulName: Roger Samms / [[TheMetamorphosis Gregor Samsa]], anyone?

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* [[spoiler:LukeIAmYourFather: Eddie is Roger's father and the Oracle whom helps Roger in the quest is actually their wife and mother, respectively.]]

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* [[spoiler:LukeIAmYourFather: Eddie LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Eddie is Roger's father and the Oracle whom helps Roger in the quest is actually their wife and mother, respectively.]]



* MultipleEndings: Four of them, but three are {{Downer Ending}}s - [[spoiler:If neither escape the bar before it explodes, they end up haunting the area once it's re-developed. If Roger escapes but Eddie doesn't, Roger is charged with Eddie's murder and committed to an asylum. If Eddie escapes but Roger doesn't, Roger ends up a homeless drunk. If both escape, they achieve the GoldenEnding.]]

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* MultipleEndings: Four of them, but three are {{Downer Ending}}s - [[spoiler:If neither escape the bar before it explodes, they end up haunting the area once it's re-developed. If Roger escapes but Eddie doesn't, Roger is charged with Eddie's murder and committed to an asylum. If Eddie escapes but Roger doesn't, Roger Eddie ends up a homeless drunk. If both escape, they achieve the GoldenEnding.]]



* [[spoiler: ThePlan: The Oracle using the roach quest to reunite Roger and Eddie.]]

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* [[spoiler: ThePlan: The [[spoiler:The Oracle using the roach quest to reunite Roger and Eddie.]]
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* YouDirtyRat: They're always bad news, and you should steer clear of them. No matter *how* dead they look...
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* MultipleEndings: Four of them, but three are DownerEndings - [[spoiler:If neither escape the bar before it explodes, they end up haunting the area once it's re-developed. If Roger escapes but Eddie doesn't, Roger is charged with Eddie's murder and committed to an asylum. If Eddie escapes but Roger doesn't, Roger ends up a homeless drunk. If both escape, they achieve the GoldenEnding.]]

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** Roger's pet cat is named Franz, to keep with the Kafka homage.
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* MeaningfulName: Roger Samms / [[TheMetamorphosis Gregor Samsa]], anyone?



* [[spoiler: ThePlan: The Oracle using the roach quest to reunite Roger and Eddie.]]



* [[spoiler: XanatosGambit: The Oracle using the roach quest to reunite Roger and Eddie.]]
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A.K.A ''the roach game''.

''Bad Mojo'' was a 1996 FMV game by Pulse Entertainment. In it, you play as a down-on-his-luck entomologist named Roger Samms. He lives in a seedy apartment and gets little to no respect from his landlord, Eddie Battito. As the game opens, Roger has embezzled money from a science loan and is preparing to skip town for Mexico City. However, as he is packing, Roger pulls out the locket he got from his deceased mother. The locket suddenly activates and unleashes bad mojo onto Roger, turning his soul into a cockroach. Now Roger must find out what's going on and how to reverse it, guided by a mysterious woman named Oracle within the locket.

The game was known for its very, ''very'' creepy visuals as you wander around the bar. Since you're playing as a cockroach, you're virtually helpless against larger enemies and the environment and thus have to find a way around the level that will let you pass safely.

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''Bad Mojo'' has the following tropes:
* ButThouMust: A certain puzzle cannot be completed without [[spoiler:''shutting off the pilot light to a gas stove'', inevitably causing the bar to be [[StuffBlowingUp blown to bits]]. The ending is decided by who makes it out of the bar alive.]]
* CreepyCockroach: The entire point of the game.
* DeathByChildbirth
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Well, you ''are'' a roach.
* FullMotionVideo
* GoldenEnding: Out of the four endings, only one ends on a happy note [[spoiler:with Roger and Eddie escaping the gas explosion in their building, realizing they're related, and running off to Belize. Roger uses the money he stole from the university to buy his dad a beachside cantina and himself a lab for studying rain forest insects. And they lived HappilyEverAfter.]]
* [[spoiler:LukeIAmYourFather: Eddie is Roger's father and the Oracle whom helps Roger in the quest is actually their wife and mother, respectively.]]
* TheManyDeathsOfYou: A lot of ways to get killed in this game.
* MultipleEndings: Four of them, but three are DownerEndings - [[spoiler:If neither escape the bar before it explodes, they end up haunting the area once it's re-developed. If Roger escapes but Eddie doesn't, Roger is charged with Eddie's murder and committed to an asylum. If Eddie escapes but Roger doesn't, Roger ends up a homeless drunk. If both escape, they achieve the GoldenEnding.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: At one point in the game, you have to save a baby roach from the stove. Roger does so by [[spoiler:blowing out the pilot light, which causes gas to leak through the building and ultimately destroying it in an explosion.]]
* SpiritAdvisor: The Oracle
* StalkedByTheBell: In the final leg of the game.
* [[spoiler: XanatosGambit: The Oracle using the roach quest to reunite Roger and Eddie.]]
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