History VideoGame / FullThrottle

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** The fighting sequences are in fact puzzles. With the exception of one biker (the guy using the skull-head flail), every biker is easily defeated by using a specific weapon. [[spoiler: In the case of the girl wielding the chainsaw, you have to figure out that she's not wearing a pair of goggles like everyone else, and throw fertilizer in her face; nothing else will take her down]]. Unfortunately, most of the weapons are pretty worthless [[spoiler: except for the 2x4 and the chain, which are needed to get the items to jump the gorge]].

* TheBartender - The bartender at The Kickstand has a large nose ring he got on a dare and apparently took an art class. Ben also hits him up for info a few times (literally hitting him the first time).

-->'''Ripburger''': *Chuckling* Sir, that's horrible... I am ''not'' waiting for you to die!

''FullThrottle'' was a SCUMM based [=LucasArts=] adventure game released in 1995, set in a futuristic world somewhat reminiscent of ''MadMax'' and focusing on the BadassBiker Ben Throttle, leader of the motorcycle gang "The Polecats". After unexpectedly making friends with Corley Motors CEO Malcolm Corley while resting at The Kickstand (a biker bar), he's taken out back by Corley's vice-president and confidant, Adrian Ripburger. Ripburger offers him and the Polecats a job to escort the limo to the annual shareholders meeting, but Ben declines out of pride. Faster than you can say "CorruptCorporateExecutive", Ripburger has Ben knocked out by his private thugs and chucks him in a dumpster, tricking the Polecats into following along with the escort. Ben attempts pursuit to make up for lost time, expecting an ambush for his gang, but finds his bike sabotaged and brutally wrecked on the highway. When he wakes up, he finds he's in a small mechanic's shop belonging to toaster repairman Maureen. She offers to fix his bike for free, as a favor, and also for the pleasure of working on a bike for the first time in a long while. But Ben quickly learns that things are not so simple, as his pursuit of Ripburger and his friendship with Maureen lead him into a greater conspiracy than he realized.

The first solo project of legendary game developer TimSchafer, ''FullThrottle'' features more of Schafer's sharp wit and love of heavy metal. It also had full voice acting and at-the-time revolutionary 3D rendering for the biker sequences. In addition, it was the only LucasArts game to make extensive use of licensed music, in this case by "authentic biker" metal band The Gone Jackals. While mostly an adventure game, it also splices in action-based bike fights during the driving sequences. The game is also notoriously short, even by adventure game standards, able to be completed in 10 hours even if you ''don't'' hurry. The game still has a cult following to this day.

** This being LucasArts, there's a couple to StarWars:

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous: "He wants to start making minivans. You understand me? MINIVANS!"

-->''Whenever I smell asphalt, I think of Maureen. That's the last sensation I had before I blacked out; that thick smell of asphalt. And the first thing I saw when I woke up was her face. She said she'd fix my bike. Free. No strings attached. I should've known then that things are never that simple. Yeah, when I think of Maureen, I think of two things: asphalt... and trouble.''\\
--Ben's opening monologue

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* HeyItsThatVoice - Quite a marquee cast for this game, all of whom were alumni for Fox's 1990's afternoon cartoon block which included ''TinyToonAdventures'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.
** Mark Hamill plays BigBad Adrian Ripburger. He uses the ''same exact voice'' he used for his role as SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.
** Maurice [=LaMarche=] is the henchman Nestor.
** Pat Musick (who plays Tony Toponi in AnAmericanTail) is Miranda Rose Wood, Freelance Photographer
** ''Three'' of the Vultures are voiced by some pretty popular voice actors. Suzi is voiced by TressMacNeille, SteveBlum plays the bit part of Sid in an early role, and of course, Maureen's voice belongs to KathSoucie (also early in her career).

* CreatorBreakdown - The original draft for the game had [[spoiler: Ben and Maureen hooking up in the end. However, during production, several key members of the creative team had their relationships sour and in a fit of angst, decided to rewrite the ending. Ironically, the game's BittersweetEnding was lauded for being truer to the tone of the rest of the story.]]

* IntrepidReporter - Miranda; semi-subverted in that [[AllThereInTheManual she feels ashamed when she shows signs of humanity]].

''FullThrottle'' was a SCUMM based [=LucasArts=] adventure game released in 1995, set in a futuristic world somewhat reminiscent of ''MadMax'' and focusing on the BadassBiker Ben Throttle, leader of the motorcycle gang "The Polecats". After unexpectedly making friends with Corley Motors CEO Malcom Corley while resting at The Kickstand (a biker bar), he's taken out back by Corley's vice-president and confidant, Adrian Ripburger. Ripburger offers him and the Polecats a job to escort the limo to the annual shareholders meeting, but Ben declines out of pride. Faster than you can say "CorruptCorporateExecutive", Ripburger has Ben knocked out by his private thugs and chucks him in a dumpster, tricking the Polecats into following along with the escort. Ben attempts pursuit to make up for lost time, expecting an ambush for his gang, but finds his bike sabotaged and brutally wrecked on the highway. When he wakes up, he finds he's in a small mechanic's shop belonging to toaster repairman Maureen. She offers to fix his bike for free, as a favor, and also for the pleasure of working on a bike for the first time in a long while. But Ben quickly learns that things are not so simple, as his pursuit of Ripburger and his friendship with Maureen lead him into a greater conspiracy than he realized.

* ClearMyName - About halfway through the plot, Ben and the Polecats are framed for [[spoiler: Malcom Corley]]'s murder
* CoolOldGuy - Father Torque; but you can't beat Malcom Corley. [[TalkingToHimself Both of whom are voiced by the same guy!]]

* KarmicDeath - [[spoiler:The crux of Ripberger's plan is his savage beating of Malcom Corley. In the game's finale, Ripburger falls to his death when, after attempting to kill the last of the Corley family and failing miserably, the license plate (belonging to a huge truck) he's holding on to snaps off of the truck. The plate bears the company slogan, "Can't Beat A Corley".]]

* MistakenForMurderer - Ben is accused of killing [[spoiler:Malcom Corley]] thanks to Ripburger. Unfortunately for him, [[spoiler:Corley's daughter Maureen]] also believes he did it and tries to have him drawn and quartered via motorcycle.

* ParentalAbandonment - Maureen's father abandoned her when she was quite young, leaving her too depressed to work on anything but toasters up until the events of the game. [[spoiler:Eventually, it's revealed that her father is Malcom Corley, and while he used to maintain a strong relationship with his daughter, he eventually cut it off at Ripburger's advice since she was an illegitimate child.]]

* TalkingToHimself - Unique variant: Malcom Corley and Father Torque are voiced by the same actor... and the only time the two are on-screen at the same time is at the former's ''funeral'', with the latter delivering his ''eulogy''!

* TreacherousAdvisor - Even ''Malcom'' doesn't trust him and he's the one who hired him! So it comes as no shock when [[spoiler:Ripburger bludgeons the old guy to death with his cane and takes over his company by force.]]

* VideoWill - Malcom has one of these. Playing it at the board meeting is a major plot point.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: A few times. One funny instance is when Ben yells at Ripburger, "You're going to kill us both!" Ripburger replies, "Shhh! You'll ruin the ending!" [[spoiler: Which is sort of a RedHerring.]]

*** The Cavefish are Tuskan Raiders.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: A few times. One funny instance is when Ben yells at Ripburger, "You're going to kill us both!" Ripburger whispers, "Shhh! You're spoiling the ending!" [[spoiler: Which is sort of a RedHerring.]]

* KarmicDeath - [[spoiler:The crux of Ripberger's plan is his savage beating of Malcom Corley. In the game's finale, Ripburger falls to his death when, after attempting to kill the last of the Corley family and failing miserably, the license plate (belonging to a huge truck) he's holding on to snaps off of the truck. The plate bears the slogan "Can't Beat A Corley".]]

* CardCarryingVillain: Ripburger, who is so obvious he should have a handlebar mustache to twirl. Corley isn't fooled, though.

* ClearMyName - About halfway through the plot, Ben and the Polecats are framed for [[spoiler: Malcom Corley's]] murder

* HeyItsThatVoice - Quite a marquee cast for this game, all of whom were alumni for Fox's 1990's afternoon cartoon block which included ''TinyToonAdventures'', ''{{Animaniacs}}'' and ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.
** Mark Hamill plays BigBad Adrian Ripburger. He uses the ''same exact voice'' he used for his role as TheJoker in ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.

** Pat Musick (who plays Tony Toponi in {{An American Tail}}) is Miranda Rose Wood, Freelance Photographer

* ShoutOut / MythologyGag:

* CardCarryingVillain: Ripburger, who is so obvious he should have a handlebar mustache to twirl. Corley isn't fooled, though.

* HeyItsThatVoice - Quite a marquee cast for this game, all of whom were alumni for Fox's 1990's afternoon cartoon block which included ''TinyToon Adventures'', ''{{Animaniacs}}'' and ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.

* CardCarryingVillain: Ripburger, who is so obvious he should have a handlebar mustache to twirl. Corley isn't fooled, though.

* HeyItsThatVoice - Quite a marquee cast for this game.

* CantYouReadTheSign - Ben was knocked out and his unconscious body thrown in the dumpster out back. Then the player can kick the dumpster, thus violating about every single safety warning on the dumpster within the first couple minutes of gameplay.

** Mark Hamill plays BigBad Adrian Ripburger.

* "Music/RideOfTheValkyries": Clearing the minefield, featuring a fantastic contradiction between a full orchestra and a cheap plinky-plonk synth