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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: For how much the mechanic is derided in-game, what happens when you go too far in either direction with collecting the amount of food items in each level makes sense. If you actively avoid all the food items, Novolin's blood glucose goes too low and he collapses from Hypoglycaemia, which[[note]]Along with symptoms such as sweatiness, shaking, paleness, dizziness and erratic behavior such as anxiety, irritability and confusion[[/note]] actually ''does'' have that effect. Likewise, if you just go for every single food item you find, Novolin's blood glucose goes through the roof [[note]]Due to not having taken enough insulin or done enough exercise to cover the extra food[[/note]] and also causes him to go unconscious from Hyperglycaemia. In either case, they are legitimately dangerous conditions if left untreated.
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* UnexpectedlyRealisticGameplay: Captain Novolin needs to eat PowerupFood to keep his blood sugar at a healthy level, but the usual trope of "more food means more points/health" does ''not'' apply here, as collecting every piece of healthy food in a level means that Captain Novolin ate twice as much as he should have, which will cause hyperglycemia.
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''Captain Novolin'' is an {{Edutainment|Game}} PlatformGame developed by Sculptured Software and published by Raya Systems for the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] in 1992. It tells the heartwarming story of an InspirationallyDisadvantaged superhero, whose superpower is the fact that he happens to have Type 1 (Juvenile) Diabetes. As such, for him every day of his life is an epic struggle against his illness; you must fight against evil alien invaders who have kidnapped Mayor Gooden of Pineville and taken the form of malicious junk foods, all the while making sure to eat regularly and keep your blood sugar levels consistent... and [[MemeticMutation check you feet]] for sores and blisters.
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''Captain Novolin'' is an {{Edutainment|Game}} PlatformGame developed by Sculptured Software and published by Raya Systems for the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] in 1992. It tells the heartwarming story of an InspirationallyDisadvantaged superhero, whose superpower is the fact that he happens to have Type 1 (Juvenile) Diabetes. As such, for him every day of his life is an epic struggle against his illness; you must fight against evil alien invaders who have kidnapped Mayor Gooden of Pineville and taken the form of malicious junk foods, all the while making sure to eat regularly and keep your blood sugar levels consistent... and [[MemeticMutation check you feet]] for sores and blisters.
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* DistressedDude: The mayor was kidnapped... and coincidentally, he ''also'' has diabetes!
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* SaveThePrincess: The mayor was kidnapped... and coincidentally, he ''also'' has diabetes!
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* {{Cap}}: Rather annoyingly, you can only have up to three extra lives in reserve.
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* {{Cap}}: Rather annoyingly, you can only have up to three extra lives with four hit points each -- that can't be healed in reserve.the levels themselves -- in reserve, and no continues.
* CheckpointStarvation: Although somewhat downplayed due to it being a fairly short game, you only get checkpoints at the times you have a main meal or snack (IE. when you have to take insulin and/or check your blood), and there are no continues or ways to save your game. [[{{Cap}} Get hit up to twelve times or fall down three pits]], and that's it; you're back to square one.
* ClassicCheatCode: Downplayed. If you [[https://imgur.com/DKljhcQ use a different valid code instead of 000]] on the infamously cryptic ''"Enter The Code Your Doctor Said Is Best For You"'' screen at the beginning of the game, you take different amounts of insulin at different times and enable/disable adjustments depending on the amount of food you get.
* CheckpointStarvation: Although somewhat downplayed due to it being a fairly short game, you only get checkpoints at the times you have a main meal or snack (IE. when you have to take insulin and/or check your blood), and there are no continues or ways to save your game. [[{{Cap}} Get hit up to twelve times or fall down three pits]], and that's it; you're back to square one.
* ClassicCheatCode: Downplayed. If you [[https://imgur.com/DKljhcQ use a different valid code instead of 000]] on the infamously cryptic ''"Enter The Code Your Doctor Said Is Best For You"'' screen at the beginning of the game, you take different amounts of insulin at different times and enable/disable adjustments depending on the amount of food you get.
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* ClassicCheatCode: Downplayed. If you [[https://imgur.com/DKljhcQ use a different valid code instead of 000]] on the infamously cryptic ''"Enter The Code Your Doctor Said Is Best For You"'' screen at the beginning of the game, you take different amounts of insulin at different times and enable/disable adjustments depending on the amount of food you get.
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* EdutainmentGame: The story and gameplay are intended to teach young players how to properly manage their Type 1 Diabetes, as well as about the condition in general. It was even predominantly available by a doctor's prescription, complete with [[ClassicCheatCode gameplay-altering codes based on the insulin plans]] the patient had.
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* EdutainmentGame: The story and gameplay are intended to teach young players how to properly manage their Type 1 Diabetes, as well as about the condition in general. It was even predominantly available by a doctor's prescription, complete with [[ClassicCheatCode gameplay-altering codes based on the insulin dosage plans]] the patient had.
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* GoombaStomp: Novolin's only means of offense is to jump on enemies. Just be sure to hold down on the D-pad when you do so, or else it won't work.
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* GoombaStomp: Novolin's only means of offense is to jump on enemies. Just be sure to hold down on the D-pad when you do so, or else it won't work.have any effect.
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* HighVoltageDeath: Electric grid traps are dotted around the floor in the aliens' spaceship, and can soon result in this with the amount of enemies to dodge and the wonky jumping physics to contend with. Blubberman also tries using floor-crawling electrical currents against you in his boss battle, but by jumping into or ducking next to a lever, [[UseTheirOwnWeaponAgainstThem you can just as easily turn them against him]].
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* HighVoltageDeath: Electric grid traps are dotted around the floor in the aliens' spaceship, and can soon result in this with the amount of enemies to dodge and the wonky jumping physics to contend with. Blubberman also tries using floor-crawling electrical currents against you in his boss battle, but by jumping into or ducking next to a nearby lever, [[UseTheirOwnWeaponAgainstThem you can just as easily turn them against him]].
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* PrimaryColorChampion: Captain Novolin himself is one of these, with his ComicBook/{{Superman}}-esque bright blue outfit, red boots/gloves and blonde hair (and yellow boot/glove trim) providing all three colors at once
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* PrimaryColorChampion: Captain Novolin himself is one of these, with his ComicBook/{{Superman}}-esque bright blue outfit, red boots/gloves and blonde hair (and yellow boot/glove trim) providing all three colors at once once. No cape, though.
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* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Having diabetes isn't really a superpower. Therefore, the only thing keeping Captain Novolin a superhero is his courage to take out the anthropomorphic food despite not really having any superpowers (unless his odd JumpPhysics are considered such), making him a BadassNormal at best.
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* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Having diabetes Type 1 Diabetes isn't really a superpower. Therefore, the only thing keeping Captain Novolin a superhero is his courage to take out the anthropomorphic food despite not really having any superpowers (unless unless his odd JumpPhysics are considered such), such, making him a BadassNormal (albeit with shades of also being a HandicappedBadass) at best.
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''Captain Novolin'' is an {{Edutainment|Game}} PlatformGame developed by Sculptured Software and published by Raya Systems for the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] in 1992. It tells the heartwarming story of an InspirationallyDisadvantaged superhero, whose superpower is the fact that he happens to have Type 1 (Juvenile) Diabetes. As such, for him every day of his life is an epic struggle against his illness; you must fight against evil alien invaders who have kidnapped Mayor Gooden of Pineville and taken the form of malicious junk foods, all the while making sure to eat regularly and keep your blood sugar levels consistent... and [[MemeticMutation check your feet]] for sores and blisters.
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''Captain Novolin'' is an {{Edutainment|Game}} PlatformGame developed by Sculptured Software and published by Raya Systems for the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] in 1992. It tells the heartwarming story of an InspirationallyDisadvantaged superhero, whose superpower is the fact that he happens to have Type 1 (Juvenile) Diabetes. As such, for him every day of his life is an epic struggle against his illness; you must fight against evil alien invaders who have kidnapped Mayor Gooden of Pineville and taken the form of malicious junk foods, all the while making sure to eat regularly and keep your blood sugar levels consistent... and [[MemeticMutation check your you feet]] for sores and blisters.
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* CoolKey: The Key to the City, which Captain Novolin receives as a reward from Mayor Gooden for saving him and defeating the Sugary Junk Food Aliens at the end of the game.
-->'''Mayor Gooden:''' Congratulations, Captain. You saved the world from those evil aliens. I hereby present to you the Key To The City.
-->'''Mayor Gooden:''' Congratulations, Captain. You saved the world from those evil aliens. I hereby present to you the Key To The City.
* SilentCredits: Regardless of if you win or lose the game, you get a single, quiet black screen with the credits on at the end. It's surprisingly bleak when it comes off the heels of the aforementioned GameOver screen.
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* ViewersAreMorons: When you talk to people, Captain Novolin will take the time to inform them that he has diabetes; in one case complete with [[https://ibb.co/F7r0Lb6 his own card of proof.]] In his defense, though, he ''does'' have a reason for it in realistic terms -- since you can't exactly explain that you're diabetic and you need assistance if you're unconscious, and [[https://uihc.org/sites/default/files/styles/webp/public/uichildrens_org/low-blood-sugar-info-med-alert-id-wallet-card.jpg.webp?itok=_amuRFiM real examples of such cards]] do exist -- so [[JustifiedTrope that at least makes sense]].
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* ViewersAreMorons: When you talk to people, Captain Novolin will take the time to inform them that he has diabetes; in one case complete with [[https://ibb.co/F7r0Lb6 his own card of proof.]] In his defense, though, he ''does'' have a reason for it in realistic terms -- since you can't exactly explain that you're diabetic and you need assistance if you're unconscious, unconscious or acting erratically, and [[https://uihc.org/sites/default/files/styles/webp/public/uichildrens_org/low-blood-sugar-info-med-alert-id-wallet-card.jpg.webp?itok=_amuRFiM real examples of such cards]] do exist -- so [[JustifiedTrope that at least makes sense]].
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* AWinnerIsYou: The game ends with your final score being shown, along with a short sequence of Novolin shaking hands with the Mayor and receiving the Key to the City as the aliens' spaceship flies away.
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* AWinnerIsYou: The game ends with your final score being shown, along with a short sequence of Novolin shaking hands with the Mayor and receiving the [[CoolKey Key to the City City]] as the aliens' spaceship flies away.
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* EdutainmentGame: The story and gameplay anre intended to teach kids how to properly manage their diabetes.
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* EdutainmentGame: The story and gameplay anre are intended to teach kids young players how to properly manage their diabetes.Type 1 Diabetes, as well as about the condition in general. It was even predominantly available by a doctor's prescription, complete with [[ClassicCheatCode gameplay-altering codes based on the insulin plans]] the patient had.
* HighVoltageDeath: Electric grid traps are dotted around the floor in the aliens' spaceship, and can soon result in this with the amount of enemies to dodge and the wonky jumping physics to contend with. Blubberman also tries using floor-crawling electrical currents against you in his boss battle, but by jumping into or ducking next to a lever, [[UseTheirOwnWeaponAgainstThem you can just as easily turn them against him]].
* NoBodyLeftBehind: In the final battle, [[FinalBoss Blubberman]] crumbles to ashes when he gets zapped enough times by his own backfiring electrical currents.
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* UselessItem: The shoes that the Dock Attendant gives to Captain Novolin at the beginning of the Day 1 Dinner stage, after providing some exposition about how it's important to wear sturdy shoes and socks on his adventure. Novolin thanks him for the shoes, promises to wear them... and then ''doesn't.''
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* UselessItem: The shoes that Joe the Dock Attendant gives to Captain Novolin at the beginning of the Day 1 Dinner stage, after providing some exposition about how it's important to wear sturdy shoes and socks on his adventure. Novolin thanks him Joe for the shoes, promises to wear them... and then ''doesn't.''
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* {{Cap}}: Rather annoyingly, you can only have up to three extra lives in reserve.
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* Every10000Points: You get an [[OneUp Extra Chance]] for every 100,000 points you score.
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* GoingDownWithTheShip: This happens if you die during the speedboat levels. The boat springs a big leak in the bottom, and [[OhCrap Captain Novolin barely has time to react]] before it immediately sinks, taking him with it.
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* ItsAWonderfulFailure: Upon losing your last life, Captain Novolin can be seen on-screen in the process of dying[[note]]Either slumped face-down on the floor, [[GoingDownWithTheShip sinking in his speedboat]] or in the middle of [[BottomlessPits falling to his death]], depending on what happens and where.[[/note]] as a [[https://youtu.be/beO1-IXv15E mournful trumpet sting]] plays, then the game cuts to a black screen of SilentCredits.
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Diabetes]].'']]
* HumanAliens: Not the sugary junk food aliens themselves, but their leader, [[FinalBoss Blubberman]]. Unlike his mooks, he resembles an obese, balding middle-aged man in a hovering wheelchair.
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* MiniGame: Two of them appear here -- one that involves checking your blood glucose (BG) by matching the color of a blood test strip with the vial, and another that appears twice each day -- involving taking the correct amount of insulin depending on how high or low your blood glucose is from how much or how little food you've eaten in the level so far. There is no consequence for failing.
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* MiniGame: Two of them appear here -- one that involves checking your blood glucose (BG) by matching the color of a blood test strip with the vial, and another that appears twice each day -- involving taking the correct amount of insulin depending on how high or low your blood glucose is from how much or how little food you've eaten in the level so far. There is no consequence for failing.failing either.
** The second game gets more focus when [[ClassicCheatCode a different valid code is used to the standard 000]] (on the mysterious ''"Enter The Code Your Doctor Said Is Best For You"'' screen at the beginning), however. In those cases, it changes the amounts of insulin you can take; which, in turn, alters how much time you have to finish the level and how much food you need to eat to keep your blood glucose in the green Safe Zone.
** The second game gets more focus when [[ClassicCheatCode a different valid code is used to the standard 000]] (on the mysterious ''"Enter The Code Your Doctor Said Is Best For You"'' screen at the beginning), however. In those cases, it changes the amounts of insulin you can take; which, in turn, alters how much time you have to finish the level and how much food you need to eat to keep your blood glucose in the green Safe Zone.
* PowerUpFood: Besides the sugary junk food aliens that you need to dodge or stomp, smaller, less-anthropomorphic food items also frequently appear, which Captain Novolin needs to eat in order to keep his blood glucose (BG) up and stay healthy. [[DoWellButNotPerfect Just don't grab too many at once]], or else [[CriticalExistenceFailure you'll send yourself too high]].
* PrimaryColorChampion: Captain Novolin himself is one of these, with his ComicBook/{{Superman}}-esque bright blue outfit, red boots/gloves and blonde hair (and yellow boot/glove trim) providing all three colors at once
* PrimaryColorChampion: Captain Novolin himself is one of these, with his ComicBook/{{Superman}}-esque bright blue outfit, red boots/gloves and blonde hair (and yellow boot/glove trim) providing all three colors at once
* UselessItem: The shoes that the Dock Attendant gives to Captain Novolin at the beginning of the Day 1 Dinner stage, after providing some exposition about how it's important to wear sturdy shoes and socks on his adventure. Novolin thanks him for the shoes, promises to wear them... and then ''doesn't.''
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** ''Any food,'' if you consume too much or too little of it. This will cause you to suffer either hyperglycemia / hypoglycemia (Overly high / low blood glucose, respectively) and [[CriticalExistenceFailure simply keel over]] regardless of what your health is at.
* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Having diabetes isn't really a superpower. Therefore, the only thing keeping Captain Novolin a superhero is his courage to take out the anthropomorphic food despite not really having any superpowers, making him a BadassNormal at best. Unless the game intends to treat his odd JumpPhysics as a superpower.
* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Having diabetes isn't really a superpower. Therefore, the only thing keeping Captain Novolin a superhero is his courage to take out the anthropomorphic food despite not really having any superpowers, making him a BadassNormal at best. Unless the game intends to treat his odd JumpPhysics as a superpower.
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** ''Any food,'' if you consume too much or too little of it. it for the amount of insulin you take. This will cause you to suffer either hyperglycemia / or hypoglycemia (Overly -- overly high / or low blood glucose, respectively) respectively -- and simply [[CriticalExistenceFailure simply keel over]] over on the spot]] regardless of what your health is at.
* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Having diabetes isn't really a superpower. Therefore, the only thing keeping Captain Novolin a superhero is his courage to take out the anthropomorphic food despite not really having anysuperpowers, superpowers (unless his odd JumpPhysics are considered such), making him a BadassNormal at best. Unless the game intends to treat his odd JumpPhysics as a superpower.best.
* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Having diabetes isn't really a superpower. Therefore, the only thing keeping Captain Novolin a superhero is his courage to take out the anthropomorphic food despite not really having any
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* ViewersAreMorons: When you talk to people, Captain Novolin will take the time to inform them that he has diabetes; in one case complete with his own card of proof. In his defense, though, he ''does'' have a reason for it in realistic terms -- since you can't exactly explain that you're diabetic and you need assistance if you're unconscious, and [[https://uihc.org/sites/default/files/styles/webp/public/uichildrens_org/low-blood-sugar-info-med-alert-id-wallet-card.jpg.webp?itok=_amuRFiM real examples of such cards]] do exist -- so [[JustifiedTrope that at least makes sense]].
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* ViewersAreMorons: When you talk to people, Captain Novolin will take the time to inform them that he has diabetes; in one case complete with [[https://ibb.co/F7r0Lb6 his own card of proof. proof.]] In his defense, though, he ''does'' have a reason for it in realistic terms -- since you can't exactly explain that you're diabetic and you need assistance if you're unconscious, and [[https://uihc.org/sites/default/files/styles/webp/public/uichildrens_org/low-blood-sugar-info-med-alert-id-wallet-card.jpg.webp?itok=_amuRFiM real examples of such cards]] do exist -- so [[JustifiedTrope that at least makes sense]].
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