History VideoGame / ClockworkKnight

* EveryTenThousandPoints: Scoring the first 50,000 and 100,000 points (and then intervals of 100,000 points thereafter) nets you extra lives.

''Clockwork Knight'' is a video game that was released for the Sega Saturn in 1994 (1995 in America). It got a sequel in 1995 (1996 in America) simply called ''Clockwork Knight [[NumberedSequel 2]]''.

* AerithAndBob: Very much in play. Many of the main characters have rather elaborate and quirky names like Tongara de Pepperouchau, Prunchau, Soltia, and Garluch, while some of them have normal names, like Chelsea and Ginger.

** Also of note, the before-level dialogue changes on Easy/Training mode, and the characters will comment on this and chastise Tongara for playing on the difficulty.

* EveryTenThousandPoints: Scoring the first 50,000 and 100,000 points (and then intervals of 100,000 points thereafter) nets you extra lives!

** Captain Octopus lets out a more contemptuous one when you get hit by his soap or fall into the water in his boss fight.

* TheGoomba: Pierron, a clown-in-a-can that merely meanders forward, and can only feebly attempt to attack you with its party horn. They normally take one hit to kill. Katchin' also qualifies due to it being the weakest commonplace enemy (Pierron isn't near as common), though to a lesser extent since it can actually make an decent attempt at attacking you and takes either a throw or a wind-up to kill.

* KingMook: King Gears from the second game, both literally and figuratively! He's a castle that transforms into a robot that resembles the common enemy Katchin', and [[FlunkyBoss even releases them from his chest in battle]].

* LawOfOneHundred: For every certain Imperial Crowns you keep until you lose all your lives (5 in the Japanese versions, or 20 in the international versions), you'll be given a chance to continue playing!

* CheatCode: Entering a code at the right time during the first two boss fights in the second game allows Player 2 to control the boss.

* BettingMiniGame: Soltia hosts one at the end of each world in both games, where you can wager a set amount of Imperial Crowns to increase the odds of a better prize in a fancy shell game.

* DifficultyByRegion: The Western versions give the bosses more hit points, as well as make Soltia's roulette game and continuing after losing all your lives more expensive.

* CaptainErsatz: Double Jetter is an obvious reference to Optimus Prime of ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'', being a red-and-blue mecha that can turn into a vehicle. Only difference is he turns into a jet rather than a truck.

%%** The helmet of the Katchin' enemies also count.

%%* DamselInDistress: Chelsea.
* DefeatEqualsExplosion: This happens to more than half of the bosses in the series. A worthy example is Double Jetter's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_QXT8KVWS8 rather dramatic explosion]]. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] somewhat though due to the fact that a lot of them are mechanical in nature.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Lubancy, a [[CymbalBangingMonkey cymbal-banging windup monkey]] who was taken out of the final game, and Iron Kong X, the Attic boss.

* ChainReactionDestruction: Funky Snaky goes out this way.

** The helmet of the Katchin' enemies also count.

* DamselInDistress: Chelsea.

* CockFight: Downplayed. While Tongara and Ginger do compete for Chelsea's love in the opening, it isn't really all that hostile (the most being Ginger sneering at Tongara when he fails). Admirably, despite their love of the princess, they never let their love distract them from their goal of rescuing her, avoiding this.

* OddlyShapedSword: The swords that Pepper and the other toy knights carry around are shaped like keys.

* RedOniBlueOni: Tongara and Ginger respectively are this; Tongara is very energetic and impulsive, while his companion Ginger is far more calm and professional.
* RegionalBonus: The American version of ''Clockwork Knight 2'', which was the last to be released, features the new cheat codes added in ''Pepperouchau no Fukubukuro''.

* DifficultyByRegion: The Western versions give the bosses more hit points and make continuing to play after running out of lives more expensive.

* BadassMustache: All four knights have one of these. Oneon and Garluch even have a [[BadassBeard beard]] to go along with their 'staches, although Garluch's is more obvious than his son Oneon's.
** Both Pepper and Ginger's valets, Prunchau and Le Bon, have some face fuzz as well!

* OneUp: The blue helmet item gives you an extra life, and its red counterpart gives you three extra lives.

* DifficultyByRegion: The Western versions give the bosses more hit points.

* LawOfOneHundred: For every 20 Imperial Crowns you keep after losing all your lives, you'll be given a chance to continue playing!

* CollectionSidequest: The second game adds playing cards scattered throughout the levels, with each stage (except boss levels) having four cards. Collect them all, and [[spoiler: you will be taught the level select command!]]

* ContinuingIsPainful: [[CheckPointStarvation There are no checkpoints whatsoever]], so losing a life pushes you back to the beginning of a level; even worse, continuing after running out of lives pushes you back to the first level of a room and resets your score to 0!

* CheatCode: Entering a code at the right time during the first two boss fights in the first game allows Player 2 to control the boss.

* CollectionSidequest: The second game adds playing cards scattered throughout the levels, with each stage (except boss levels) having four cards. Collect them all, and [[spoiler: you are netted the level select command!]]

* Every10000Points: Every 100,000 points you collect (and at first, 50,000) you are netted an extra life.

* RacingMinigame: Le Bon hosts a few in the sequel, where upon winning he grants you a golden health key. [[spoiler: In the second Clock Tower stage, it is ''Prunchau'' who races you, and you are netted an even bigger key that permanently grants you five levels of health.]]