History VideoGame / FullThrottle

* GasSiphoning: There's an event where you encounter an abandoned car. You can choose to ignore or try to siphon the gas. Should you decide on the latter, the person you chose to siphon will be tired the next day.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Ben casually jumping his bike over the roof of Corley's limo to get in front of it. Once gameplay starts, Ben gets another badass moment when the first puzzle of the game (trying to find his keys) it is solved by grabbing the bartender's nose ring and slamming his face down on the bar, showing that this isn't going to be your typical graphic adventure.

* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: Leather, tattoos, sunglasses, beards, and heavily modified custom Harley-style bikes, with real tires in a world of hover cars. Combine this with BadAssBiker and it's used liberally for the entire game. Save for the Cavefish, a bizarre, unspeaking cult who look like [[Franchise/StarWars Tusken raiders]] and ride sleek, bright-yellow/green speed bikes.

** Both Ben, and former Polecats leader Father Torque, are hard as nails and Ben is by far the toughest mofo in the game.
** [[spoiler: Ripburger turns out to be a lot more dangerous than you'd expect from a businessman. Granted, he never fights anyone hand to hand and relies on sneak attacks and guns, but still]]

** As a subsidiary of Creator/{{Lucasfilm}}, there's a couple to ''Franchise/StarWars'':

* RatedMForManly: Unusual for a point-and-click adventure, you play a musclebound tough guy in riding leathers who rides a custom bike who punches his way through the near-future American Southwest, wielding tire irons and chainsaws, to a hard rock soundtrack from a real-life biker gang. Your interface includes options include the usual Look, Talk, and Pick Up/Use, but not only can Use also be Punch, the fourth default option is ''Kick''.

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

* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler: Realizing that Maureen taking her father's place in the boardroom means that there is no place for him in her life, Ben returns to the open road with the Polecats]]

* VideoWill: Malcolm left an audiotape will. Playing it at the board meeting is a major plot point.

* CozyCatastrophe: Implied, even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnD82Xh3cts lampshaded]], though never really stated. The "Apocalypse" really just got rid of all the annoying authority figures so everyone could ride around on motorcycles looking badass. When asked about it, though, creator Creator/TimSchafer denied that the game takes place after a nuclear holocaust, and that a song about nuclear meltdown is just in the game as a ShoutOut to a song composer Peter [=McConnell=] worked on.

* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: Leather, tattoos, sunglasses, beards, and heavily modified custom Harley-style bikes, with real tires in a world of hover cars. Combine this with BadAssBiker and it's used liberally for the entire game. Save for the Cavefish, a bizarre, unspeaking cult who look like [[Franchise/StarWars Tusken raiders]] and ride sleek, bright-yellow speed bikes.

* BadassPreacher: Father Torque, the former leader of the Polecats, is apparently a REAL priest, or at the very least the biker equivalent of one, as he is the one performing [[spoiler: Malcom Corley's]] funeral rites during the ending.

* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler: Realizing that Maureen taking her fathers place in the boardroom means that there is no place for him in her life, Ben returns to the open road with the Polecats]]

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:While not outright unusual, Ripburger beating Corley to death with his cane is certainly quite cruel. Especially taking how much pleasure he took whend oing the deed into account.]]

--->"This is your moment to shine!"\\
"We really should put him out -- but what a show, huh?"

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Ripburger is not the name of a guy you should take financial advice from, let alone put as your second in command for your company or let handle your security when you are taking a long road trip with just him and his flunkies and the biker gang he hired. Corley mainly kept him around because of Ripburger's business savy and killer instinct, but always disliked the man immensely.

* RatedMForManly: Unusual for a point-and-click adventure, you play a musclebound tough guy in a riding leathers who rides a custom bike who punches his way through the near-future American Southwest, wielding tire irons and chainsaws, to a hard rock soundtrack from a real-life biker gang. Your interface includes options include the usual Look, Talk, and Pick Up/Use, but not only can Use also be Punch, the fourth default option is ''Kick''.

* VideoWill: Malcolm has one of these or more specifically an audio tape will. Playing it at the board meeting is a major plot point.

* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: Combine this with BadAssBiker and it's used liberally for the entire game. Save for the
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Both Ben, and former Polecats leader Father Torque, are hard as nails and Ben is by far the toughest mofo in the game.

* CardCarryingVillain: Ripburger, who is so obvious he should have a handlebar mustache to twirl. Corley isn't fooled one bit. Although due to being an old man, he isn't fully prepared for Ripburger's plans.

* CoolCar: The game focuses mostly on bikes, but there's a few sweet cars around, notably Corley's Limo and the demolition derby cars, but especially [[spoiler: Ripburger's stolen truck, which for some reason includes ''machine guns''.]]

* [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil Covers Always Spoil]]: Played With. The box and the disc both depict the final player-guided moment of the game. Of course, it's almost impossible to guess the context of the shot, other than that Ben rides away from an explosion.
* CozyCatastrophe: Implied, even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnD82Xh3cts lampshaded]], though never really stated. The "Apocalypse" really just got rid of all the annoying authority figures so everyone could ride around on motorcycles looking badass.
** When asked about it, though, Creator/TimSchafer denies that the game takes place after a nuclear holocaust, and that a song about nuclear meltdown is just in the game as a ShoutOut to a song composer Peter [=McConnell=] worked on.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Ben gets a badass one when trying to find his keys it is solved by grabbing the bartender's nose ring and slamming his face to the bar, as noted in BadassBiker above.
** Arguably though, the earliest [=ECM=] is him just casually having his bike go over Corley's limo as it was in his way to get infront of it. Showing

* {{Expy}}: Malcolm Corley is based on Malcolm Forbes, a multibillionaire who had a taste for choppers ([[HeadTiltinglyKinky and leather, for that matter]]).

* NoFairCheating: Most Mine Road fights can be cheated past, but the Cavefish will only drop their goggles if knocked out with the two-by-four - using the cheat counts as defeating them with another weapon, which leads to them activating their SelfDestructMechanism and taking their goggles with them.

* NowWhichOneWasThatVoice: A variation - voice talent is fully credited, but many of the minor characters are never actually named in-game, so we're left to try to guess (for instance) which of the Rottwheelers is Blotch and which is Sizeable Bill.
* ObviouslyEvil: Ripburger. Doesn't help that he shares [[Creator/MarkHamill his voice actor]] with ComicBook/TheJoker.

* OpeningMonologue

* PermaStubble: Ben.
* PixelHunt: The rock-kicking puzzle near the end - also counts for ThatOneLevel for its insanity. [[spoiler: In the commentary, Tim Schafer described getting a lot of flak about the puzzle, and being genuinely surprised that so many people did not figure out that the crack was at eye level for a 4-year-old, and therefore much shorter, Maureen.]]

* RatedMForManly
* RetiredBadass: Malcolm Corley seems to have been quite a biker in his youth, considering that he apparently managed to impress Ben with his stories of the old days.

* ShoutOut: Because this is a Creator/LucasArts game, there's quite a few.
** The Vultures fought on the Mine Road are Wendy, Razor, Michael and Sid from ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion''.
** This being Creator/LucasArts, there's a couple to ''Franchise/StarWars'':
*** Miranda: "Help me, Ben, you're my only hope!" Taken a step further in the remaster; the trophy you get for passing that milestone in the story has the name "Film/ANewHope".
*** Emmet has a tattoo of the Imperial insignia on his upper arm.
*** One of the mooks fought on Mine Road has a tattoo of the Rebel Alliance on his forehead.
*** The Cavefish are basically just Tusken Raiders but with CoolBikes, can actually talk and have all sorts of high-tech gadgets.
*** The left-most driver at the beginning of the demolition derby bears no resemblance whatsoever to Creator/GeorgeLucas. Nope. Nosiree...

** A cut sequence from the game (thanks to ExecutiveMeddling) in which Ben experienced a peyote-influenced hallucinogenic trip would also go on to inspire a later Schafer project, ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}''.

* StuffBlowingUp: See also IncendiaryExponent.

* TemptingFate: When Ben gets on his bike at the beginning of the game, he says: "When I'm on the road, I'm indestructible. No one can stop me". [[spoiler:Shortly afterwards, his bike's front wheel comes off, and he crashes]].

-->'''Malcolm''': You know I've never liked you, Rip...but you have business know-how and killer instincts that I respect.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Ripburger.

''Full Throttle'' is a SCUMM based Creator/LucasArts AdventureGame released in 1995, set in a futuristic world somewhat reminiscent of ''Film/MadMax'' and focusing on 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. 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.

* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: Combine this with BadAssBiker and use liberally for the entire game.

* CardCarryingVillain: Ripburger, who is so obvious he should have a handlebar mustache to twirl. Corley isn't fooled, though.
* ChainPain: One of the Vultures, Michael, uses a chain as his signature weapon. Ben can acquire one after defeating him.
* ChekhovsBoomerang: The tire iron. A couple of early puzzles, a starter weapon on the Mine Road... and then it's back for the finale.

* CoolCar: The game focuses mostly on bikes, but theres a few sweet cars around, notably the demolition derby cars, and [[spoiler: Ripburger's stolen truck, which includes ''machine guns'']]

* [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil Covers Always Spoil]]: The box and the disc both depict the final player-guided moment of the game. Of course, it's almost impossible to guess the context of the shot, other than that Ben rides away from an explosion.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Ripburger beats Corley to death with his cane.]]
* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: If you take too long to solve any of the endgame puzzles, the game will finish off with everyone dying a rather brutal death (in a majority of cases, falling into the ravine). However, every time this happens, the screen will then black out, as we hear Ben quite casually say something like "oops, let's try that again," where the game then cuts back to the beginning of the sequence for another chance. Aside from having to start the puzzle from the beginning, there is zero penalty for "dying."
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler: Ripburger falls off of a cliff at the end of the game.]]
* EngineeredPublicConfession: Ben has the video of Ripburger gleefully murdering Malcolm Corley during his stockholder's speech.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Ben gets a badass one when his first puzzle is solved by grabbing the bartender's nose ring and slamming his face to the bar, as noted in BadassBiker above.

* EyesAlwaysShut: Most characters' eyes are narrowed and in shadow for the majority of their appearance on-screen. The remastered version's commentary track says it was a deliberate effort to channel Creator/ClintEastwood's squint (and just so happened to be easier to animate, particularly when dealing with the pixel art of the original release).

* MegaManning: Defeating an enemy in the Old Mine Road sequence grants you their weapon, and different enemies are vulnerable to different weapons - for instance, the flail can be used to disarm a chain-user. Two weapons are needed to unlock puzzle-solving items; the rest are just for combat.

* MistakenForMurderer: Ben is accused of killing [[spoiler:Malcolm 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.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Ripburger is not the name of a guy you should take financial advice from, let alone put as your second in command for your company or let handle your security when you are taking a long road trip with just him and his flunkies and the biker gang he hired. Corley mainly kept him around because of Ripburgers business savy and killer instinct, but always disliked the man immensly.

* ShoutOut: The Vultures fought on the Mine Road are Wendy, Razor, Michael and Sid from ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion''.

*** Emmet has a tattoo of the Imperial insignia.

*** The Cavefish are Tusken Raiders.

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

* PixelHunt: The rock-kicking puzzle near the end - also counts for ThatOneLevel for its insanity.
-->[[spoiler: In the commentary, Tim Schafer described getting a lot of flak about the puzzle, and being genuinely surprised that so many people did not figure out that the crack was at eye level for a 4-year-old, and therefore much shorter, Maureen.]]

*** Miranda: "Help me, Ben, you're my only hope!" Taken a step further in the remaster; the trophy you get for passing that milestone in the story has the name "A New Hope".

* SpiritualSuccessor: Tim Schafer's ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' bears some visual similarities to this one, though ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' is focused entirely on heavy metal. The style of the bikes and cars are almost identical across both games (though no hovercars in ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend''), right down to the giant, spindly forks and a huge [[http://www.ratfink.org/ratfinkmuseum/ Ed "Big Daddy" Roth]]-style fan of rear pipes and blowers ([[AuthorAppeal also seen]] on the [[CoolCar Bone Wagon]] in ''VideoGame/GrimFandango'').

* CoolCar: The game focuses mostly on bikes, but theres a few sweet cars around, notably the demolition derby cars, and [[spoiler: Ripburgers stolen truck, which includes ''machine guns'']]

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Hard to think otherwise on a setting with limos and minivans moving around on hovercraft fans, not to mention the two-seater police chopper which looks a bit too much like a repurposed dinghy.

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: There's futuristic tech—Malcolm rides in a hover-limo, for instance—but there's no evidence it's ''far'' into the future.

* ObviouslyEvil: Ripburger. Sounding like ComicBook/TheJoker doesn't help.

*** Miranda: "Help me Ben, you're my only hope!"

* SpiritualSuccessor: Tim Schafer's ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' bears some visual similarities to this one, though ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' is focused entirely on heavy metal. The style of the bikes and cars are almost identical across both games (though no hover cars in ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend''), right down to the giant, spindly forks and a huge [[http://www.ratfink.org/ratfinkmuseum/ Ed "Big Daddy" Roth]]-style fan of rear pipes and blowers ([[AuthorAppeal also seen]] on the [[CoolCar Bone Wagon]] in ''VideoGame/GrimFandango'').

* TheStinger: The bunnies get one final hurrah after the credits. Technically counts as a BrickJoke as well, as they are introduced in a similar context earlier in the story, albeit to a much less victorious end.

* TakingYouWithMe: After Ripburger is exposed and flees in a stolen semi, he catches up with Ben and Mo for a Last Villain Stand, attempting to drive them off of Poyahoga Gorge.
* TemptingFate: When Ben gets on his bike at the beginning of the game, he says: "When I'm on the road, I'm indestructible. No one can stop me". [[spoiler:Shortly afterwards, his bike's front wheel comes off, and he is knocked out cold]].

* TreacherousAdvisor: Even ''Malcolm'' 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]]. Notably, the game is one of the few uses of this trope that bothers explaining WHY anyone would keep someone like Ripburger around; he's actually a pretty good businessman, something Corley himself admits.
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: There's futuristic tech -- Malcolm rides in a hover-limo, for instance -- but there's no evidence it's ''far'' into the future.

* WrenchWench: Maureen is an expert when it comes to repairing motorcycles.

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* TabletopRPG: A fan created a ''TabletopGame/{{FUDGE}}''-based [[http://reocities.com/Area51/Dimension/4258/02FullThrottle/files/Full_Throttle_Rules.PDF ruleset]] to play ''FT'' in tabletop format.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Tim Schafer's ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' bears some visual similarities to this one, though ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' is focused entirely on heavy metal. The style of the bikes and cars are almost identical across both games (though no hover cars in ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'').

''(Ben grabs Quohog by the nose ring and slams his face down on the bar.)''\\

"We really should put him out --but what a show, huh?"

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

* SpaceWhaleAesop: "Sometimes you gotta steal a ramp from a bunch of coldhearted killers who live in a secret cave."

* EyesAlwaysShut: Most characters' eyes are narrowed and in shadow for the majority of their appearance on-screen.