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* TheCameo:
** Hermes can be found in the first level in his office with a brain slug on his head.
** Also in the first level, Scruffy can be seen sleeping in the basement.
** Zoidberg describes his (completely unexplained) appearance on Bogad as such.



* ContinuityCameo:
** Hermes can be found in the first level in his office with a brain slug on his head.
** Also in the first level, Scruffy can be seen sleeping in the basement.
** Zoidberg describes his (completely unexplained) appearance on Bogad as such.



** Hermes, a prominent character in the show, only makes a brief unvoiced {{cameo}} in one level.

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** Hermes, a prominent character in the show, only makes a brief unvoiced {{cameo}} cameo in one level.



* TheVoiceless: Hermes and Scruffy both make {{cameo}}s in the first level, but do not speak. Justified in that Hermes has a brain slug on his head while Scruffy is asleep.

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* TheVoiceless: Hermes and Scruffy both make {{cameo}}s cameos in the first level, but do not speak. Justified in that Hermes has a brain slug on his head while Scruffy is asleep.

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* ImmediateSelfContradiction: Pretty much everything that comes out of Adoy's mouth.
-->'''Adoy''': Goodbye, heroes! I'll never forget you, whoever you were!



-->'''Morbo''': At the risk of editorialising, this reporter applauds the demise of the pathetic human species.

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-->'''Morbo''': At the risk of editorialising, editorializing, this reporter applauds the demise of the pathetic human species.



* {{Mayincatec}}: Sun City is designed with Mayan and Incan asthetics.

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* {{Mayincatec}}: Sun City is designed with Mayan and Incan asthetics.aesthetics.
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* InadvertentEntranceCue: Aftr arriving on Bogad:

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* InadvertentEntranceCue: Aftr After arriving on Bogad:

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* AdaptationalVillainy: The sewer mutants appear as enemies in Fry's early levels, when the ones in the show were not bad people at all.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: AdaptationalVillainy:
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The sewer mutants appear as enemies in Fry's early levels, when the ones in the show were not bad people at all.all.
** For ''whatever'' reason, Fry murders the pawnbroker to get the engine back in the "Lost Adventure" cut.



* TheBadGuyWins: [[The Professor still sells Planet Express to Mom, making Fry, Leela and Bender's attempts to travel back in time to stop this AllForNothing.]]

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* TheBadGuyWins: [[The [[spoiler:The Professor still sells Planet Express to Mom, making Fry, Leela and Bender's attempts to travel back in time to stop this AllForNothing.]]
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* TheBadGuyWins: [[The Professor still sells Planet Express to Mom, making Fry, Leela and Bender's attempts to travel back in time to stop this AllForNothing.]]

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* EasterEgg: A very literal one. In the Planet Express level there is a giant Easter Egg hiding behind one of the walls and only very specific camera trickery will allow you to see it.

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* EasterEgg: A very The game has several, the most notable perhaps being a literal one. In the Planet Express level there is a giant Easter Egg hiding hidden behind one of the walls in Planet Express. Other Easter Eggs include a hidden room in the Red Light District containing the game's developers as heads in jars, an appearance from ''[[VideoGame/ZeroWing Zero Wing]]'''s CATS on computer screens in Fry Fights Back, and only very specific camera trickery will allow you to see it.others.


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* SnipeHunt: Fry dies getting a hammer that Farnsworth asked him to look for, but after returning via the reanimator, Farnsworth admits that he only told him to find it to get him out of his "metaphorical hair".
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* DeathByAdaptation: In the "Lost Adventure" compilation, Fry shoots the pawnbroker to get the dark matter engine back instead of the pawnbroker willingly giving the dark matter engine back once Fry enters the pawn shop.

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While Amy doesn't physically appear, it's not accurate to say the game doesn't acknowledge her at all. Adapted Out strictly means that the character doesn't appear to exist in any capacity in the adaptation. If the adaptation makes some acknowledgment to the character, even if it's something as insignificant as a brief mention or in this case a locker with the character's name on it, then it's Demoted To Extra.


* AdaptedOut: Amy is the only Planet Express member to not appear in any capacity.



* ComedicSociopathy: Farnsworth admits after informing Fry about the Re-Animator that he had invented the machine a week ago and ever since had made attempts to kill Fry solely to test the invention.



* DemotedToExtra: Hermes, a prominent character in the show, only makes a brief unvoiced {{cameo}} in one level.

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* DemotedToExtra: DemotedToExtra:
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Hermes, a prominent character in the show, only makes a brief unvoiced {{cameo}} in one level.level.
** Amy Wong doesn't physically appear and her only acknowledgement is through her locker being accessible in the first level at the Planet Express building.



* DistinctionWithoutADifference: After the boss fight against the Sun God, he admits that he isn't really a god and is just an ordinary eternal, omniscient, superintelligent being.



* LampshadeHanging: The opening has the Professor acknowledging that his business model of using one starship to deliver a single package at a time is a ''terrible'' one.
* LaserHallway: Shows up in Mom's headquarters.

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* LampshadeHanging: The opening has the Professor acknowledging that his business model of using one starship to deliver a single package at a time is a ''terrible'' one.
one. He also calls out the crew for never actually charging their customers for the deliveries.
* LaserHallway: Shows Lasers that are to be avoided show up in Mom's headquarters.


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* NoFourthWall: The video game makes a lot of jokes revolving around the characters being aware that they're in a video game, such as Bender being overjoyed that he is compatible with the Re-Animator because this means he's a playable character. All such references are edited out in the "Lost Adventure" cutscene compilation included as a special feature on the ''[[Recap/FuturamaM2TheBeastWithABillionBacks Beast with a Billion Backs]]'' DVD.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: The sewer mutants appear as enemies in Fry's early levels, when the ones in the show were not bad people at all.



* AdaptationalVillainy: The sewer mutants appear as enemies in Fry's early levels, when the ones in the show were not bad people at all.
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* AbdaptedOut: Amy is the only Planet Express member to not appear in any capacity.

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* AbdaptedOut: AdaptedOut: Amy is the only Planet Express member to not appear in any capacity.

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* AbsenteeActor: Amy is the only Planet Express member to not appear in any capacity.


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* AbdaptedOut: Amy is the only Planet Express member to not appear in any capacity.
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* AbsenteeActor: Amy is the only Planet Express member to not appear in any capacity.
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* AbsenteeActor: Despite being prominent characters in the show, Amy, Zapp Brannigan and Kif are completely absent without explaination.
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* TheUnfought: Despite being the BigBad, Mom is never fought at any point in the game. The closest you get is a confrontation with [[spoiler:her giant robot Destructor]].
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* EleventhHourSuperpower: During the final level, Fry obtains a railgun in one of Momcorp's puzzle rooms. The railgun is extremely powerful, can OneHitKill the robot {{mooks}}s easily, and is also the only way to damage [[FinalBoss Destructor]].

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* EleventhHourSuperpower: During the final level, Fry obtains a railgun in one of Momcorp's puzzle rooms. The railgun is extremely powerful, can OneHitKill the robot {{mooks}}s {{mooks}} easily, and is also the only way to damage [[FinalBoss Destructor]].
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-->'''Farnsworth''': When you die, it will automatically make an exact duplicate of you, based on your x-rays, a DNA sample and scrapings from the inside of your tennis shoes.\\

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-->'''Farnsworth''': When Every time you die, it will automatically make an exact duplicate of you, based on your x-rays, a DNA sample and some scrapings from the inside of your tennis shoes.\\

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* EleventhHourSuperpower: During the final level, Fry obtains a railgun in one of Momcorp's puzzle rooms. The railgun is extremely powerful, can OneHitKill the robot {{mooks}}s easily, and is also the only way to damage [[FinalBoss Destructor]].



* LastDiscMagic: Near the end of the game, Fry obtains a railgun in one of Momcorp's puzzle rooms. This gun is extremely powerful and can one-shot anything it hits.

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* BagOfSpilling: Over the course of his part of the game, Fry accumulates several {{Ray Gun}}s that he can switch between at will. However, when the player regains control of him in [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon Momcorp]], he no longer has access to any of them and has also lost his [[StartingEquipment hammer]].



* LastDiscMagic: Near the end of the game, Fry obtains a railgun in one of Momcorp's puzzle rooms. This gun is extremely powerful and can one-shot anything it hits.



* SpinAttack: Bender's combat style has him spinning, and both he and Leela can access powerful spinning attacks provided they've collected a Charge Up powerup.

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* SpinAttack: Bender's combat style has him spinning, and both he and Leela can access use powerful spinning attacks provided they've collected a Charge Up powerup.

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* BackFromTheDead: The ExtraLives system is justified in-story through the use of the Professor's newest invention, the reanimator. To test it, Fry gets crushed under a tower of junk in the first level and is brought back to life (though not without seeing a GameOver screen first).



* FissionMailed: In the first playable section, Fry tries to get a hammer out from under a two-tonne pile of dangerous rubble, which gets him crushed. GAME OVER. Cut to him waking up on top of the Reanimator.

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* FissionMailed: In the first playable section, Fry tries to get a hammer out from under a two-tonne pile of dangerous rubble, which gets him crushed. GAME OVER.{{GAME OVER}}. Cut to him waking up on top of the Reanimator.
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* ComicallySmallBribe: [[spoiler:The Professor sells Planet Express, thus putting Earth under Mom's despotic rule, for... a sombrero.]]


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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: At the end of Leela's level, the sun people ask them to come celebrate at their temple. Which Leela has, in the course of her adventure, set on fire, and can be seen burning away behind them.


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* IdiotBall: Bender fights Mom's various children, but never bothers to sabotage her ship while he has the chance, allowing her to catch up to Planet Express and capture the Professor, which he admits was a mistake.
* IHaveToGoIronMyDog: Despite having an actual reason to get away, the Planet Express crew can't come up with a good one for leaving the Sun people.
-->'''Leela:''' We've got a, uh, a thing.\\
'''Fry:''' Yeah, that.\\
'''Bender:''' CHEESE IT!


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* LampshadeHanging: The opening has the Professor acknowledging that his business model of using one starship to deliver a single package at a time is a ''terrible'' one.


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* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: And for once, it's Zoidberg who delivers one of these.
-->'''Zoidberg:''' It's so good to see you, my friends and the robit.

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* AdvancingWallOfDoom: One level has Bender having to [[IndyEscape escape a giant boulder]] that threatens to crush him.



* ShoutOut: Bender's gameplay harkens back to the ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' reference in that he primarily focuses on platforming and has both a SpinAttack and a GroundPound. Zoidberg's brief gameplay role also heavily resembles the warthog levels from the first game.

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* ShoutOut: Bender's gameplay harkens back to the ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' reference in that he primarily focuses on platforming and has both a SpinAttack and a GroundPound. One level even involves him trying to [[IndyEscape escape a giant boulder]], much like several levels from the second game. Zoidberg's brief gameplay role also heavily resembles the warthog levels from the first game.
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* ShoutOut: Zoidberg's brief gameplay role was a ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' reference.

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* ShoutOut: Zoidberg's brief Bender's gameplay role was a harkens back to the ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' reference.reference in that he primarily focuses on platforming and has both a SpinAttack and a GroundPound. Zoidberg's brief gameplay role also heavily resembles the warthog levels from the first game.
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* GroundPound: Bender can perform a ground pound by attacking while in the air.

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* SpinAttack: Bender's combat style has him spinning.

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* SpinAttack: Bender's combat style has him spinning.spinning, and both he and Leela can access powerful spinning attacks provided they've collected a Charge Up powerup.


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* TheVoiceless: Hermes and Scruffy both make {{cameo}}s in the first level, but do not speak. Justified in that Hermes has a brain slug on his head while Scruffy is asleep.
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* AbsenteeActor: Despite being a prominent character in the show, Amy Wong is completely absent and doesn't even make a {{cameo}} like Hermes and Scruffy.

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* AbsenteeActor: Despite being a prominent character characters in the show, Amy Wong is Amy, Zapp Brannigan and Kif are completely absent and doesn't even make a {{cameo}} like Hermes and Scruffy.without explaination.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: Leela and Bender are shown wielding guns. During their playable segments, they fight entirely with melee attacks; Fry's the one who uses guns.
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* DemotedToExtra: Hermes, a prominent character in the show, only makes a brief unvoiced {{cameo}} in one level.
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** Hermes can be found in the first level his office with a brain slug on his head.

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** Hermes can be found in the first level in his office with a brain slug on his head.
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* GenreRoulette: The game changes genres with every character. While every character dabbles in platforming, Fry's gameplay is that of a third-person shooter, Bender's is a puzzle-platformer, and Leela's is a beat-em-up.

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